Metaphysical Cinema "Fierce Grace" - The Story of Ram Dass July 18, 2009

Fierce Grace—”Harvard professors Richard Alpert and Timothy
Leary made countercultural history in 1963 when they were fired
from that institution for conducting controversial psychedelic drug
research. In the purple haze aftermath, Alpert journeyed to India
and found his guru Maharaj ji, who renamed him Ram Dass
("Servant of God"). Best known for his 1971 bestseller BE HERE
NOW, which was a spiritual touchstone of the era, Ram Dass became
an inspiration to people across the globe. Filmmaker Mickey
Lemle--who has known his subject for more than twenty-five
years--intersperses vivid archival footage from hippiedom's glory
days with intimate glimpses of Ram Dass today, as he continues
to remake his life since being--in his words--"stroked" in 1997.
Named by NEWSWEEK as one of the Top Five Non-Fiction
Films of 2002, RAM DASS FIERCE GRACE is an engrossing,
poignant meditation on spirituality, consciousness, healing and the
unexpected grace of aging." - Amazon. $5 donation to the Philosophical
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