American Yogi (Google Play)
American Yogi is a delightful autobiographical documentary about a nice Jewish boy from Miami who travels to San Francisco for the “Summer of Love” and returns a hippie. Later, as a successful but dissatisfied businessman, he discovers Ram Dass’s iconic book Be Here Now about the Indian Saint Maharajji and decides to travel to India in search of a more meaningful life. There, he comes face to face with the mind-altering world of ancient India and must choose between the miracles he sees and life as he knew it.
Director Steven Newmark, Ph.D has been a practicing psychotherapist and taught at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Esalen Institute. He is the author Before Becoming This, a book about Eastern Philosophy that Deepak Chopra called “insightful and joyful.” Music by Grammy-nominated musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal.
- Steven Newmark - Director
- Zoe Harber - Writer
- Steven Newmark - Writer
- Ram Dass - Himself
- Neem Karoli Baba (aka Maharaj-ji) - Himself
- Zoe Harber - Herself
- Krishna Das - Himself
- Steven Newmark - Himself
- Jaime Byrd - Editor
- Nina Paley - Art Director
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"American Yogi will open your heart and just might change your life."
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