- ENLIGHTEN UP! (DVD MOVIE)
Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is skeptical but agrees to be her guinea pig. Kate immerses Nick in the practice and follows him around the world as he examines the good the bad and the ugly of yoga. The two encounter celebrity yogis true believers kooks and world-renowned gurus. Tensions run high as Nick's transformational progress lags and Kate's plan crumbles. Ultimately what they find is not what they are looking for. FEATURING: B.K.S. Iyengar Pattabhi Jois Norman Allen Sharon Gannon David Life Gurmukh Dharma Mitra Cyndi Lee Alan Finger Rodney Yee Beryl Bender Birch Shyamdas Diamond Dallas Page and many more! Over 50 Minutes of Bonus Material Includes: Extended interviews with Yoga Luminaries B.K.S. Iyengar Gurusharanananda and Norman Allen; Deleted Scenes; Photo Montage of Northern India; Filmmaker Bi! ographyThe documentary
Enlighten Up! takes a whimsical, skeptical, and ultimately thoughtful look at the mysteries of yoga. Taking an approach similar to
Supersize Me, filmmaker (and student of yoga) Kate Churchill wants to see what happens when someone is first exposed to this physical and spiritual discipline. She chooses Nick Rosen, a former journalist with a skeptical attitude towards religion. Their investigation--which gradually turns combative, forcing Churchill to re-examine her own assumptions--takes them from the commercial yoga studios of New York (where one student says, with a beatific smile, that yoga gives you better sleep, better sex, and will inspire new ways to make money) to a former pro wrestler's "t & a" yoga in Los Angeles and on to India--where they discover as many perspectives on yoga as there are yogis. Rosen, with his open but down-to-earth attitude, proves an excellent lens to view a subject all too often treated with blissful and v! apid reverence. The movie is sprinkled with humor and people t! wisting themselves into astonishing shapes, as well as stimulating and often contradictory ideas and metaphors that paint a very diverse picture of the world of yoga.
Enlighten Up! blends philosophical discourse, personal drama, and a beautiful travelogue--the result is a satisfying film that doesn't pretend to have any answers but grapples with intriguing questions.
--Bret Fetzer
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