Rajneeshpuram - An Experiment to Provoke God (1993)
- "Empowered by their Indian guru, thousands of new-age disciples flock to an abandoned cattle ranch in Oregon, determined to build a city."
- ‘Rajneeshpuram’ is an even-handed, skillfully produced movie originally made for public television in Washington State. It was written, directed, produced and co-edited by Sw Deva Michael, with the full cooperation of Osho International Foundation and input from several sannyasins. It first showed on KCTS, a Public Broadcasting station in Seattle.
- language
- English
- released
- 1993
- length
- 57 min
credits
- director
- M.R. Hilow
- written by
- M.R. Hilow
- Thomas Ferris (additional writer)
- cast
- Philip Toelkes
- Jon Bowerman
- Win McCorkick
- Ma Anand Sheela
- Osho
- produced by
- Ron Rubin - executive producer
- film editing by
- Ernie Sauerland
- camera and electrical department
- Charles 'Harp' Harp - camera operator: Rajneeshpuram
- narrator
- Ken Wiley
- videographer
- Daniel
- research
- Tom Ferris, Bill Delisi
- assistant to the producer
- Anne Marie Harrington
- production assistants
- J.R. Clarke, John Topham, Gerald Short, Chaitanya Kabir, Joe Magiera, Scott Washburn
- markening
- Lynn Clark
- legal
- Dan Sever, Chris Pesce
- still photos
- J.R. Clarke, Neehar
- music
- "Morning Breeze", Anugama, Nightingale Records
- archival footage and music
- with the permission of Osho International Foundation; Oregon Historical Society -KGW Collection-
- news sources
- The Oregonian; The Rajneesh Times; Seattle Post Intelligencer; The Los Angeles Times; The Dalles Weekly Reminder; The Rebel Publishing House
- special thanks
- Phil and Marge Hilow, Juliet Forman, Sue Appleton, Roshani Shay, Prem Niren, Sunshine, Hasibo, Anando, Amrito, Arjuna, Guptadana, Chitanyo Ronny, Manadeva, Nimazi, Max Brecher, Sugandha, Bhodhi, Prem Jal, The staff at 911 Media Arts Center, The staff at Chidvilas Inc., Shakyamuni, Michelle Kribbs, Karl Krogstad, Scott Lindenmuth, Ann Ceglia, Danyam, Dhyan Anand, Jack and Joyce Harrington
- for KCTS-Seattle
- Post-Production Engineer/Editor: Ernie Sauerland
- Post-Production Assistant Editor: Cleven Ticeson
- Executive Producer: Ron Rubin
- ©Copyright 1993 Michael R. Hilow, Sweet Regis Productions
see also
- OshoViha
- Rajneeshpuram, an Experiment to Provoke God on Amazon Prime
- Rajneeshpuram an Experiment to Provoke God on IMDB
- Osho Film Festival
- Rajneeshpuram, An Experiment to Provoke God a review on Osho News
- Transcript at alexanderstreet - video_work
- OshoFilmArchive catalog no : OFA00,020 [no subtitles]
- OshoFilmArchive catalog no : OFA00,093 [Dutch subtitles, voice-over, edits]
- OshoFilmArchive catalog no : OFA00,129 [Dutch subtitles, voice-over, edits, broadcast by Dutch RTL5]
trailer
sources
IISG
- This media is available at IISG in box 147_3 on a DVD "Osho Documentatie-materiaal", file-name = 08.1.The.Killing.of.the.Red.Ranch.RTL5.1993.avi. That name seems a misnomer.
- Description: "23 oktober 1994 (RTL 5 met voice-over Loretta Schrijvers."
- So aired by Dutch TV channel RTL5 on 23 October 1994.