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