Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)

Name: Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Director: Paola di Florio
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-10
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Cast: Anupam Kher, Russell Simmons, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar

Documentary

Director: Paola di Florio

Cast: Anupam Kher, Russell Simmons, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar

Runtime87 min

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An unconventional biography by Oscar nominee Paola di Florio and Sundance winner Lisa Leeman about Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda who brought yoga and meditation to the West in 1920 and authored the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," which became the go-to book for seekers from George Harrison to Steve Jobs.

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Fans of contemplative, visually-striking documentaries will appreciate this unconventional biography of Hindu mystic Paramahansa Yogananda, directed by Paola di Florio in 2014. With a cast that includes Anupam Kher and the late George Harrison, the film offers a poetic, spiritually-minded exploration of Yogananda's life and legacy as a pioneer of yoga and meditation in the West.

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Awake: The Life of Yogananda is a 2014 documentary about the Indian yogi and guru Paramahansa Yogananda who came to the West in the 1920s to teach yoga and meditation. The film is in English with subtitles in seventeen languages.