Rajneesh - Spiritual Terrorist! (1989)
- "They jailed him in chains, deported him from America and said he was finished. But the controversial guru is back. And in a very big way.
- From all over the world thousands of affluent and educated seekers are flocking to his ashram in Poona, India.
- Producer/director Cynthia Connop and crew gained exclusive and unprecedented access to Rajneesh himself, and to the exotic private and public lifestyles that have earned him headlines around the world.
- A central focus of the film is the conflict of a young Australian husband and father who leaves his pregnant wife and his son to explore what it is Rajneesh and his ashram in India have to offer.
- The documentary also provides intimate portraits of some of the disciples around Rajneesh, including a young American actor, a former CIA agent, a German princess and Rajneesh's personal dentist. :Rajneesh's own origins are traced as well — from his early years and his rise to prominence in India, to his role in the much-publicised American commune that collapsed when he was deported from the USA.
- Objectively and provocatively, RAJNEESH: SPIRITUAL TERRORIST! profiles one of the most enigmatic men of our time."
- language
- English
- released
- Oct 19, 1989
- length
- 56 min
credits
- directed by
- Cynthia Connop
- writing
- Jack Allen: narration script
- narrator
- Ross Higgins
- produced by
- Jack Allen: associate producer
- Cynthia Connop: producer
- VISION QUEST FILMS
- ABC TV AUSTRALIA
- cinematography by
- Tony Wilson
- film editing by
- David Lourie
- production management
- Jo-Anne McGowan: production manager
- sound department
- George Hart: sound mixer
- John Henry: additional sound
- Leo Sullivan: sound recordist: second unit
- Ian Wilson: sound recordist
- camera and electrical department
- Steve Arnold: cinematographer: second unit
- Michael Hemmings: still photographer
- editorial department
- Paula Lourie: assistant editor
- other crew
- Wendy Chapman: production assistant
- Gary Davis: production consultant
- Sally Hansen: film lawyer
- Michael Murray: additional researcher