Miami travels to India and is swept up by its culture. Year 2018 Video Release 2018-03-06 Studio Kino Lorber Genre Horror MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 79 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis American Yogi is a delightful autobiographical documentary about a nice Jewish boy from Miami who travels to San Francisco for the Summer of Love and returns a hippie. Later, as a successful but dissatisfied businessman, he discovers Ram Dass's iconic book Be Here Now about the Indian Saint Maharajji and decides to travel to India in search of a more meaningful life. There, he comes face to face with the mind-altering world of ancient India and must choose between the miracles he sees and life as he knew it. Director Steven Newmark Cast Steven Newmark; Neem Karoli Baba; Ram Dass