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KUMARE

Posted by Jean Jessup on Sunday, October 30, 2011,

"You are all great beings and you must stop pretending that you are not." - Kumare

I found Kumare to be a surprisingly sweet and gentle, albeit extremely controversial, documentary; which was conceived and directed by, Vikram Gandhi, a New Jersey-born American of East Indian decent. It was beautifully filmed with excellent audio. The documentary follows Gandhi as he playfully dresses up as an Indian Guru and watches the response he gets in India and in the U.S. Then he decided to see if hi...
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STRONGMAN

Posted by Jean Jessup on Thursday, May 12, 2011,

STRONGMAN, AN UNEXPECTED TALE OF SELF-EMPOWERMENT.

I had expectations of seeing the spiritual development of the subject of the documentary, Stan, who markets himself as "Stanless Steel" the strongest man in the world at bending steel and metal. And at first those expectations were met. Stan is very concerned with eating and living well. He is extremely self-reflective and strive...