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Episode 266c
TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU, Inside Tony’s Date with Destiny Seminar
TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU is a documentary that takes you inside the six-day-long Date with Destiny seminar and the life and practices of business strategist Tony Robbins. Director Joe Berlinger shares a clip from the film and recalls his personal experience attending the Date with Destiny conference. Berlinger also expresses his goals for creating the film and the potential impact it could have on it’s viewers in this SXSW edition of BYOD hosted by Ondi Timoner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Joe Berlinger to BYOD.
00:55 Date With Destiny & meeting Tony.
05:03 The film’s title, transformations and filming.
08:52 Tony’s advice & boundaries.
11:48 Goals for the film & Tony Robbins routines.
14:30 Ondi’s connection to the film.
16:30 Thank you and goodbye.
17:18 TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU Clip, extreme language.
Guest Bio
TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU, Joe Berlinger’s twelfth feature documentary, captures internationally renowned life and business strategist and best-selling author, Tony Robbins, in a revelatory cinéma vérité film that goes behind the scenes of his mega once-a-year seminar “Date With Destiny,” attended by over 2,500 people, to give an insider look at how one man can affect millions. Granted never before seen access, this film is an emotional tour de force, pulling back the curtain on Tony Robbins and unveiling the inner-workings of this life-altering and controversial event, the zealous participants and the man himself.
Academy Award and seven-time Emmy nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s films include BROTHER’S KEEPER, the PARADISE LOST Trilogy, METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER, CRUDE on pollution in the Amazon Rainforest and UNDER AFRICAN SKIES about Paul Simon’s seminal album. Most recently Berlinger completed WHITEY: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER.
Additional Links
https://twitter.com/joeberlinger?lang=en
http://www.joeberlingerfilms.com/films/TonyRobbins
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