Ram Dass Fierce Grace
Aroview: A remarkable documentary portrait of one-time Harvard professor Richard Alpert, who in the 1960s began an epic spiritual voyage through LSD and Hindu mysticism.
More than just a simple life-story, this finds Ram Dass - as Alpert was renamed by his Indian guru - in the throes of recovery after a massive stroke in 1997. We follow the daily routine of the bearded spirit guide as he undergoes treatments, gives speeches, and offers counsel to his followers, in an increasingly ambiguous study of the joys and pitfalls of heightened spiritual awareness.
NZ International Film Festival 2002
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