Dying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary 2016

7.2/10


IMDB Rating : 7.2


FD Smart Rating : 7.2


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


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Directors:

Gay Dillingham

Creators:

David Leach

Languages:

English [Original] , English

Subtitles:

English

Genres:

Documentary, Biography, History

Release Date:

2016

Run Time:

1h35m

Maturity Rating:

Recommended for ages 13 and up

Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation. In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing the edges of consciousness through their experiments with psychedelics. Leary became the LSD guru, asking us to think for ourselves, igniting a global counter-cultural movement and landing in prison after Nixon called him 'the most dangerous man in America'. Alpert journeyed to the East becoming Ram Dass, a spiritual teacher for an entire generation who continues in his 80s teaching service through compassion. With interviews spanning 50 years the film invites us into the future encouraging us to ponder questions about life, drugs & the biggest mystery of all: death.