Summaries

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.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • death
  • drugs
  • religion and spirituality documentary
  • breaking taboos
  • taboo subject
Genres
  • History
  • Biography
  • Documentary
  • News
Release date Aug 25, 2016
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Official site
Language English
Production companies CNS Communications

Box office

Gross US & Canada $16397
Gross worldwide $16397

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 16:9 HD

Synopsis

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