BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, PREDATOR Documentary Films

Talent attending: Eva Orner (Director)

With his chiseled physique, simple but demanding program, and charismatic teaching style, Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram Yoga, rode the wave of yoga’s growing popularity in the U.S. to build an empire of yoga studios and teaching programs. Raking in millions of dollars and frequenting TV talk shows, his rising celebrity obscured a dark secret — Choudhury was abusing his position of authority, preying on women from his studios and creating a cult-like atmosphere that gave him virtual immunity.

Through extensive interviews with former yoga students, teachers, and his own inner circle, as well as Choudhury’s own chilling deposition testimony, Academy Award^®-winning filmmaker Eva Orner (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE), meticulously and fearlessly investigates every aspect of Choudhury’s rise to power and fall from grace. –Ken Jacobson

Accessibility: CCAP/HI/VI