Cast:Larissa Anderson, Francesca Asumah, Sarah Baughn, Bikram Choudhury, John Dowd, Ann Duong, Mukul Dutta, Micki Jafa-Bodden, Carla Minnard, Richard Nixon, Mark Quigley, Val Sklar Robinson, Mandeep Kaur Sandhu, Jakob Schanzer, Patrice Simon, Liz Winfield
Synopsis
Bikram Choudhury was at the forefront of popularizing yoga in North America and around the world. An Indian immigrant with a Beverly Hills base, Choudhury was a born entertainer, known for dressing in nothing more than a black speedo and a Rolex. His teaching style was tough love sprinkled with salty language and punctuated by spontaneous bursts of singing. His followers hailed him for helping them to gain confidence, lose weight, and overcome physical ailments through his specialty of hot yoga. He built a franchise empire with hundreds of Bikram studios around the world. Filmmaker Eva Orner traces Choudhury from his rise in the 1970s to his disgrace in accusations of rape and sexual harassment in more recent years. She taps a vast trove of archival footage that demonstrates Choudhury's charm and offers clues to his dark side. She conducts extensive interviews with his one-time acolytes who now feel betrayed, including yoga devotee Sarah Baughn who brought serious charges against h
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