Awake: The Life of Yogananda

Name: Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Director: Paola di Florio
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-10
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Anupam Kher, Russell Simmons, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Krishna Das

Directed by Paola di Florio

Documentary

20141h 27m6.7

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.