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Electronic Awakening is a 2012, American documentary film, which investigates the spiritual history of electronic music culture. Told from an ethnographic perspective, the film explores the international Electronic Dance Music (EDM) phenomenon as the re-emergence of shamanic ritual. In addition to interviewing people whose lives were changed by the claimed transcendent experiences on the dancefloor, anthropologist and film’s creator AC Johner ponders the cause of this mind-altering effect and suggests that the repetitive, mathematically perfect rhythms and oscillations of EDM have the power to create a communal hive mind. The electronic beatscape propelled by the emergence in the late 80's and early 90's of something new and freshly synched. The primary emphasis of the documentary is the deeply spiritual basis of the cultures and practices that have developed around these parties, particularly trance music and the possibilities this spirituality might offer for ravers and the world in general. It is one of the first full-length documentary to uncover the spiritual and transformational elements of EDM culture as a central theme.
Original Release
01/01/2011
US Release
01/01/2011
Cast
Name | Character |
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Adam Apollo | Self / Adam Apollo |
Chiara Baldini | Self / Chiara Baldini |
Eric Baumgartner | Self / Eric Baumgartner |
Nickolas Begich | Self |
Armando Berdecio | Self |
Hayward Bracey | Self |
Susan Brunswick | Self |
Chlorophil | Self |
Eva Clay | Self |
Anthony D'Andrea | Self |
Directors
Writers
Jeph Porter, andrew johner, Drew Martinez
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Adam Apollo | Self / Adam Apollo |
Chiara Baldini | Self / Chiara Baldini |
Eric Baumgartner | Self / Eric Baumgartner |
Nickolas Begich | Self |
Armando Berdecio | Self |
Hayward Bracey | Self |
Susan Brunswick | Self |
Chlorophil | Self |
Eva Clay | Self |
Anthony D'Andrea | Self |
Erik Davis | Self |
Charles de Ledesma | Self |
Michael Divine | Self |
Rick Doblin | Self |
Daniel Dobrzensky | Self |
Russell Feingold | Self |
Bob Frissell | Self |
Michael Gosney | Self |
Alex Grey | Self |
Mark Heley | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Julian Reyes | Executive Producer |
Satsi Jaquith | Producer |
andrew johner | Producer |
Christopher Michael Casey | Producer |
Dominic Lispino | Producer |
Drew Martinez | Producer |
Jeph Porter | Producer |
Alli Sievers | Producer |
Kalix Sky | Producer |
Philip Wood | Producer |