Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Documentary
Release Date
October 10, 2014
Duration
87 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Narrator (voice)
Anupam Kher
Self
Russell Simmons
Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
Self
Ravi Shankar
Self
Krishna Das
Self
Hitendra Wadhwa
Self
Mas Vidal
Self
Li Miao Tseng
Self
Francis Clooney
Self
Varun Soni
Self
Brother Vishwananda
Self
Deepak Chopra
Self
Anand Mehrotra
Self
Sandy Gray
Self
Sri Daya Mata
Self
Brahmachari Martin
Self
Philip Goldberg
Self
Maisha Moses
Self
Ariel Ruben
Self
Banu Dave
Self
Anita Goel
Self
Brother Chidananda
Self
Sister Premamayee
Self
Georges Billard-Madrières
Self
Felicia Tomasko
Self
Stefanie Syman
Self
Andrew Newberg
Self
Brother Jayananda
Self
Robert Love
Self
Herb Jeffries
Self
Brother Anandamoy
Self
Sister Parvati
Self
Leo Cocks
Self
Richard Wright
Self
Sri Mrinalini Mata
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
Marc Benioff
Self
Swami Kriyananda
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