Event

The Doctor from India

Wed Jun 06: 7.15pm
Thu Jun 07: 7.15pm
Sun Jun 10: 4.15pm, 7.15pm

$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member

Jeremy Frindel
US
2018
1h 29m

About
The Doctor from India is a poetic and compassionate documentary about the life and pioneering work of Ayurveda physician and educator, Dr. Vasant Lad, who in the late 1970s, exported the ancient healthcare system of wellness to the West, at a time where it was widely unknown and fairly disregarded.

Weaving together interviews, archival footage, and animation, director Jeremy Frindel portrays the determination and passion of a generous and loving man who instigated the worldwide wave of Ayurveda, despite personal and social obstacles. Knowledgeable about both modern and ancient medicine, Dr. Lad advocates for integrity medicine in which Ayurveda would compensate for the weaknesses of modern techniques. I love modern science, I have studied it, I have absorbed it, I have assimilated itinto pure Ayurveda, he says. More than just medicine, The Doctor from India shows that Ayurveda is the art of living in harmony with nature, in harmony with the surroundings to take better care of our bodies and minds.