The documentary dedicated to Osho, the famous Indian guru, arrives on Netflix. The series of 6 episodes is called Wild Wild Country, which tells everything we do not yet know about this character.
Wild Wild Country produced by Netflix is a documentary that shows the events of Osho and its community Rajneeshpuram in Oregon during the 80s. A reconstruction of the facts of how the followers of those who then called themselves Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh had imagined a different world, made of understanding and sharing, in a “promised land” that was America. The documentary is built with real pieces of history, interviews, original videos, newspaper articles, hosted television, but above all the real protagonists of the events that have been made available for its realization.
Eighties, we are in Antelope, Oregon, a group of numerous Osho followers moved to the town, where they founded Rajneeshpuram. It is Anand Sheela, Osho’s personal secretary, who buys the land of Big Muddy Ranch, where the Indian guru community will rise. And it is precisely on the “American” period of Osho that the narration is concentrated, even if it is never making him the only protagonist. The facts are presented giving space to the creation of Rajneeshpuram until the collapse of what was to be a utopian community.
The documentary thus reveals the story of one of the most famous gurus that especially in recent years has undergone a comeback thanks to the web. Osho has become a symbol, protagonist of several memes, highly represented on social media. Yet not many people know the basics of his philosophy and especially what happened in Oregon. Wild Wild Country tells above all the effects on the community and how we have arrived at the construction of an ideal city. All told by those in those eighties was there.
