Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 6.7 · 59% critics
This documentary traces the life and influence of a spiritual teacher who helped introduce yoga and meditation to Western audiences in the early 20th century. It follows an unconventional biographical path while exploring the ideas and writings that inspired generations of seekers.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-10-10
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (26 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy thoughtful spiritual documentaries and reflective biographies like Heal or Unity; Not for you if you want a fast-paced, conflict-heavy story or a more conventional celebrity profile.
Pros: unconventional biography; inspiring spiritual focus; yoga history | Cons: niche subject matter; talk-heavy approach; gentle pacing
Themes
- meditation
- mystic
- hindu
- yoga
- spirituality
- woman director
- mysticism
Cast & crew
Anupam Kher
as Narrator (voice)
Russell Simmons
as Self
George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Ravi Shankar
as Self
Krishna Das
as Self
- HW
Hitendra Wadhwa
as Self
- MV
Mas Vidal
as Self
- LT
Li Miao Tseng
as Self
- FC
Francis Clooney
as Self
- VS
Varun Soni
as Self
Directed by Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman