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    Awake: The Life of Yogananda

    87'

    2014-10-10

    6.7

    Reveal your Self

    Documentary

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingPaola di Florio

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    Cast

    4

    Narrator (voice)

    Anupam Kher

    1

    Self

    Russell Simmons

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    George Harrison

    1

    Self

    Ravi Shankar

    1

    Self

    Krishna Das

    1

    Self

    Hitendra Wadhwa

    1

    Self

    Mas Vidal

    1

    Self

    Li Miao Tseng

    1

    Self

    Francis Clooney

    1

    Self

    Varun Soni

    1

    Self

    Brother Vishwananda

    1

    Self

    Deepak Chopra

    1

    Self

    Anand Mehrotra

    1

    Self

    Sandy Gray

    1

    Self

    Sri Daya Mata

    1

    Self

    Brahmachari Martin

    1

    Self

    Philip Goldberg

    1

    Self

    Maisha Moses

    1

    Self

    Ariel Ruben

    1

    Self

    Banu Dave

    1

    Self

    Anita Goel

    1

    Self

    Brother Chidananda

    1

    Self

    Sister Premamayee

    1

    Self

    Georges Billard-Madrières

    1

    Self

    Felicia Tomasko

    1

    Self

    Stefanie Syman

    1

    Self

    Andrew Newberg

    1

    Self

    Brother Jayananda

    1

    Self

    Robert Love

    1

    Self

    Herb Jeffries

    1

    Self

    Brother Anandamoy

    1

    Self

    Sister Parvati

    1

    Self

    Leo Cocks

    1

    Self

    Richard Wright

    1

    Self

    Sri Mrinalini Mata

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    J. Robert Oppenheimer

    1

    Self

    Marc Benioff

    1

    Self

    Swami Kriyananda

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Counterpoint Films
    • Vote Count: 26
    • Popularity: 0.9625
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Awake: The Life of Yogananda

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