Naked Yoga (film)
British documentary short (1974)
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Naked Yoga is a 1974 British short documentary film directed by Paul Cordsen.[1] It illustrates the practice of yoga in a natural setting and in the nude. The film includes images of women practicing yoga in Cyprus and in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with images of Eastern art and psychedelic effects. The narrator Alexis Korner relates the practice to Buddhist philosophy. It was shown on television in the UK,[citation needed] and has been available for several years on YouTube.[2]
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| Directed by | Paul Cordsen |
| Written by | Paul Cordsen |
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| Narrated by | Alexis Korner |
| Cinematography | Michael Elphick |
| Edited by | Richard White |
| Distributed by | EMI Films |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1975, in the category Best Documentary Short Subject.[3][4]
Conservation status
Naked Yoga was thought to have been be a lost film. Ed Carter, documentary curator at the Academy Film Archive, began searching for the film in 2004 and eventually located a Technicolor print of the film with the help of the film's cinematographer, Michael Elphick, in 2011.[5] That print served as the source for the Archive's restoration of the film in 2012, in partnership with the British Film Institute.[6]
