this body is so impermanent…
78 mins
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.
Samantha Uber
Visual Effects
Jason Silverman
Producer
Cathy Teixeira
Producer
Diane J. Malecki
Executive Producer
Gideon Lester
Executive Producer
Julia Carnahan
Producer
Cheng-Sim Lim
Producer
Shahrokh Yadegari
Sound Designer
Eben Hoffer
Second Unit
Caleb Hammons
Producer
Susan Pertel Jain
Producer