Holy Hell

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Holy Hell

2015. 103 m. Will Allen. Film Rise. USA. English. Rated NR.

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Beginning in the 1980s, a group of idealistic, devoted California hippies banded together to live in harmony under the leadership of a flamboyant, charismatic leader. What could go wrong? One member of the group, the young filmmaker Will Allen, recorded everything for 22 years—from total bliss to moments of weird realizations, to paranoia, and then to revelation—but not, perhaps, the revelation they were all looking for. One of the big hits out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Holy Hell is both a gripping and moving documentary about the cult of the Buddhafield, and ultimately asks big questions and eschews easy answers about the nature of spirituality, commitment, community, and the kind of leadership that too often holds it all together.

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This film is part of the The Meditative Life 2016: Consciousness, Spirituality…and the Kitchen Sink series.