

Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014 Directed by Paola di FlorioAn 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.
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Anupam Kher
....................................................Narrator (voice)

Russell Simmons
....................................................Self

George Harrison
....................................................Self (archive footage)

Ravi Shankar
....................................................Self

Krishna Das
....................................................Self
Hitendra Wadhwa
....................................................Self
Mas Vidal
....................................................Self
Director
...........................................................Paola di Florio
Lisa Leeman
Production Companies
...................................................Counterpoint Films
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Documentary
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