Riding the crest of the multibillion a year industry that yoga has become, filmmaker Kate Churchill takes on the subject in "Enlighten Up!"
Churchill is enamored of yoga herself and has practiced daily for years. For her documentary, she came up with a plan: find the perfect yoga novice, immerse him in various (often extreme) types of yoga, have him meet some of the gurus and see if, or when, he gets enlightened.
It seems a promising premise, especially since she finds such an apt subject: Nick Rosen, whose father is a suited up and obviously successful lawyer, and whose mother is a shamanic healer (not surprisingly, they didn't stay married long).
Their son Nick, a journalist in his late 20s, is more skeptical than not, and describes himself as not spiritual. So, he's more like his father.
Nick is also easy on the eyes, which becomes important. This documentary is only 82 minutes long, yet Nick's handsome face is sometimes all you've got to keep you interested. And I say that as someone who is keenly interested in yoga and spirituality.
How did Kate Churchill gum this up? It might have been one of those ideas that sounded better on paper. Maybe when it comes to this kind of search, the work has to be your own.
By Evelyn Theiss
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
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