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AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness | Independent Lens

Person receives a brain scan
Eric Black
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Umbrella Films

Mon. Apr. 25 at 10 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Brilliant researchers take you on a mind-blowing journey to investigate the mysteries of consciousness.

What is the science behind consciousness? Six brilliant researchers from around the world—a brain scientist, a plant behaviorist, a healer, a philosophy professor, a psychedelics scientist, and a Buddhist monk—take you on a mind-blowing quest to investigate this seemingly unsolvable mystery.

Watch this documentary at video.wkar.org during or after the premiere date.

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