Netflix pick for 4/8/13 – ‘Kumare’

“Kumare” is an excellent documentary about a man who sets out to start his own sham religion centered around yoga and meditation in an effort to show how people can be duped by such charlatans, only to find out that maybe these little sham religious leaders and religion in general aren’t all bad.

From my original review from my Florida Film Festival 2012 coverage:

“Fortunately, Vikram’s motives are far less sinister than most other frauds – as Kumaré, his experiment turns into a real lesson to give people, a lesson about how their search for a spiritual leader and guru should lead back to within themselves. And Kumaré is up front with this, telling people over and over that he is a fake and he is wearing a disguise and that he is just trying to help these people find the guru within themselves, but of course people only hear what they want to hear – so when they hear Kumaré saying he is a faker and wearing a disguise, they think he is speaking metaphorically and that he is being all deep and spiritual about his role, when in reality it was Vikram the whole time telling them the truth.”

This is a very interesting documentary, one of the best kind really because it tells us so much about ourselves and human nature, and it does so in a rather compelling way. So check out “Kumare” on the Netflix Instant and get your yogi on.