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Counterpoint Films founder Paola di Florio is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and television producer whose work has featured extraordinary individuals and the triumph of the...
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Paola di Florio is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and TV producer whose work has featured extraordinary individuals and the triumph of the human spirit. Most-recently, she co-wrote & directed the critically-acclaimed AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda ( one of the top-grossing indie documentaries of 2014-15) and served as a Series Producer on ...
Paola di Florio is known for Home of the Brave (2004), Speaking in Strings (1999) and Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014).
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Paola di Florio is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated director, writer, producer and Sundance Jury Prize-nominee. An NYU graduate, she’s the founder of Counterpoint films––a vanguard in the conscious media space, following the launch of top grossing documentary Awake: The Life of Yogananda.
Home of the Brave: Directed by Paola di Florio. With Julie Stevens, Stockard Channing, Molly Howe, Viola Gregg Liuzzo. Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effect on her family.
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Oct 10, 2014 · Awake: The Life of Yogananda: Directed by Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman. With Marc Benioff, Brother Chidananda, Deepak Chopra, Francis X. Clooney. Unique biopic about Yogananda, telling the story of his life and influence on yoga, religion and science, combining re-enactment, interviews, and verité.
The film, directed by Paola di Florio and Lisa Leeman who are independent American filmmakers, was commissioned by Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship. It includes interviews with disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, as well as with Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Krishna Das, and others.
