Kumaré

Kumaré (2012) is a documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by and starring Vikram Gandhi. Gandhi — American-born with Indian roots — grows a beard, puts on robes, and arrives in Arizona as a made-up spiritual guru with a teaching he invented entirely himself.

People start showing up. They bring real problems, change real habits, and reshape their routines around Kumaré's guidance. The experiment runs longer and deeper than Gandhi planned, and the question shifts from whether this is funny to whether it is still okay. He eventually has to tell them the truth. What makes the film genuinely uncomfortable is that his followers seem to be doing fine — which says something about belief that the film never spells out for you. Watch Kumaré (2012) online on iFILM.