Ram Dass

AKA: Richard Alpert, Dr. Richard Alpert, Baba Ram Dass
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1931-04-06

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; April 6, 1931 – December 22, 2019), also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, academic and clinical psychologist, and author. His books include the 1971 Be Here Now. He founded the charitable organizations Seva Foundation and Hanuman Foundation.

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Self

2010-12-08 6

Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie

SAINT MISBEHAVIN’ reveals the true story of cultural phenomenon Wavy Gravy, a man whose commitment to making the world a better place has never wavered. Wavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2002-09-01 4.8

Hofmann's Potion: The Pioneers of LSD

Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, was being used by researchers trying to understand the human mind. This documentary ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2011-11-25 5.5

Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

CRAZY WISDOM explores the arrival of Tibetan Buddhism in America through the story of Chögyam Trungpa, who landed in the U.S. in 1970. Trungpa became renowned for translating ancient Buddhist concepts ...
Genre :Documentary

2020-01-06 0

Sunseed: The Journey

At the beginning of the hippy era in 1970 a young filmmaker travels the world struggling to find answers to life's deepest questions from the best gurus and spiritual teachers of the day. ...
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Himself

2013-05-08 7.5

One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

Krishna Das is on a journey to India to discover legendary spiritual teacher Neem Karoli Baba, through drug addiction and depression, to his eventual emergence as a world-famous Kirtan singer. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2016-08-26 6.6

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary

Icons of '60s counterculture, Harvard psychologists Timothy Leary and Ram Dass became estranged until an illness inspired their fascinating reunion. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (voice)

2021-02-04 5.9

Surviving You, Always

The proposed metaphysical highs of psychedelic drugs versus the harsh actualities of concrete metropolitan life. These two opposing realities form the backdrop of an adolescent encounter in the city o ...
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1967-06-30 5.3

Mondo Hollywood

Long considered a cult classic, "Mondo Hollywood" captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting a moment in time (1965-67), when an inquisitive trust in the unknown was paramount, hope for the fu ...
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Self

2009-03-17 0

Huxley on Huxley

Italian-born Laura Huxley, a teenage violin virtuoso, played for European royalty and made her American debut at Carnegie Hall before leaving the concert stage to become a renowned psychotherapist and ...
Genre :Documentary

as Richard Alpert

1966-08-28 7

How To Go Out of Your Mind: The LSD Crisis

Back in the 1960's a former Harvard professor stopped giving A's, B's and C's and started handing out LSD. his name was Timothy Leary and he was at the center of a controversy in North America over ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2024-08-30 0

Music for Mushrooms

An associate of Ram Dass, East Forest explores how music and psychedelics can facilitate transformative healing through the blending of shamanistic practices with guided psychedelic experiences. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2008-03-13 0

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

LSD Guru Tim Leary teaches us all to die by dying himself in what he calls his "custom death". This documentary deals with Mr. Leary's last days, all captured on camera by his own request. ...
Genre :Documentary

2014-11-16 10

The Transcendental Object at the End of Time

An audio-visual journey through the mind of Terence McKenna. ...
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Self

1977-01-01 3

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

While the aliens in this film may seem to be quite human, one must realize that we're dealing with close encounters of the fourth kind. An inner space journey triggered by the drug culture and rebelli ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2017-09-24 5.6

Ram Dass, Going Home

Ram Dass is one of the most important cultural figures from the 1960s and 70s. A pyschedelic pioneer, author of Be Here Now, beloved spiritual teacher, and outspoken advocate for death-and-dying aware ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2016-07-19 4.3

The Reality of Truth

In this documentary, "Zappy" Zapolin interviews spiritual gurus, celebrities, and people of various faiths about the relationship between spirituality, religion, and psychedelics—in their beliefs and ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2011-05-05 0

Be Here Now: Awakening In the Moment

Featuring the spoken wisdom of spiritual pioneer Ram Dass in his first recording after a devastating stroke, this WisdomFilm offers an experience of living life more fully if we can accept this realit ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Documentary

Self

2002-09-10 5.2

1 Giant Leap

1 Giant Leap is a concept band and media project consisting of the two principal artists, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman. This is the film part of their first project. The result is a flowing, loos ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2019-09-06 6.3

Becoming Nobody

The core arc of Ram Dass’ teachings and life: whether as Dr. Richard Alpert, the eminent Harvard psychologist, or as Ram Dass who serves as a bridge between Eastern and Western philosophies, he has de ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2001-05-21 5.7

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

Once a symbol of '60s counterculture and psychedelic drug use, Ram Dass has since become a renowned speaker and author on the topics of aging, spirituality, and overcoming the mistakes of the past. Th ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2013-11-23 7.5

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s. ...
Genre :Documentary

1973-11-21 0

Sunseed

This documentary explores the growing American interest in the 1970s in Eastern religions and philosophy. The teachings and lifestyles of ten spiritual teachers and their followers are presented witho ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2014-11-09 0

The Quietest Place On Earth

Where is the quietest place on earth? According to environmental sound and recording engineer Gordon Hempton, a self-described “Soundtracker” who travels the world searching for silence, that distinct ...
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2014-11-23 0

American Yogi

When an ex-hippie-turned-businessman hears about a miracle-making saint, he goes to India to find him to keep from living an empty life. A world music soundtrack by Grammy nominee Jai Uttal, exclusive ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2018-03-26 7.152

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

The story of legendary comedian Garry Shandling, featuring interviews from nearly four dozen friends, family and colleagues; four decades’ worth of television appearances; and a lifetime of personal j ...
Genre :Documentary