Movie Description
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
(2014)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Paola di Florio,Lisa Leeman
- Cast : Anupam Kher,Russell Simmons,George Harrison,Ravi Shankar,Krishna Das,Hitendra Wadhwa,Mas Vidal,Li Miao Tseng,Francis Clooney,Varun Soni,Brother Vishwananda,Deepak Chopra,Anand Mehrotra,Sandy Gray,Sri Daya Mata,Brahmachari Martin,Philip Goldberg,Maisha Moses,Ariel Ruben,Banu Dave,Anita Goel,Brother Chidananda,Sister Premamayee,Georges Billard-Madrières,Felicia Tomasko,Stefanie Syman,Andrew Newberg,Brother Jayananda,Robert Love,Herb Jeffries,Brother Anandamoy,Sister Parvati,Leo Cocks,Richard Wright,Sri Mrinalini Mata,J. Robert Oppenheimer,Marc Benioff,Swami Kriyananda
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Facts
Original TitleAwake: The Life of Yogananda
Status Released
Release Information
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2014-10-10
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Production CompaniesCounterpoint Films
Genres
- Documentary
