this body is so impermanent… (2021)
A film featuring singer Ganavya, calligrapher Wang Dongling, and dancer Michael Schumacher who during COVID lockdown, created an hour-long meditation on the visionary, radiant Vimalakirti Sutra, a Buddhist text from the first century CE. A businessman, having chosen a path of illness towards spiritual awakening, teaches the visitors at his deathbed with depth and penetration: how to face life with no illusions. The artists, across three continents and three artforms, interpret the text individually and collaboratively, sharing a story of acute pain, deep healing, and radical transformation.
Director: Peter Sellars
Runtime: 78 min
Release Date: March 17, 2021
Cast
- Ganavya Doraiswamy - Self
- Michael Schumacher - Self
- Dongling Wang - Self
Cinematography: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Editing: Tim Squyres
Production: UCLA Boethius Initiative, Fisher Center at Bard
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Peter Sellars
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- A film featuring singer Ganavya, calligrapher Wang Dongling, and dancer Michael Schumacher who during COVID lockdown, created an hour-long meditation on the visionary, radiant Vimalakirti Sutra, a Buddhist text from the first century CE. A businessman, having chosen a path of illness towards spiritual awakening, teaches the visitors at his deathbed with depth and penetration: how to face life with no illusions. The artists, across three continents and three artforms, interpret the text individually and collaboratively, sharing a story of acute pain, deep healing, and radical transformation.
- Who directed this body is so impermanent…?
- this body is so impermanent… was directed by Peter Sellars.
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- this body is so impermanent… stars Ganavya Doraiswamy, Michael Schumacher, Dongling Wang.
- How long is this body is so impermanent…?
- this body is so impermanent… has a runtime of 1h 18m (78 minutes).