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Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Paola di Florio
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    Narrator (voice) Anupam Kher
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    Self (archive footage) George Harrison
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    Self Ravi Shankar
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    Self Krishna Das
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    Self Deepak Chopra
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    Self (archive footage) J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Keywords

  • meditation
  • mystic
  • hindu
  • yoga
  • spirituality
  • woman director
  • mysticism