this body is so impermanent…(2021)

Name: this body is so impermanent…
Director: Peter Sellars
Released: 2021-01-01
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Ganavya Doraiswamy, Michael Schumacher, Dongling Wang

Ganavya Doraiswamy Michael Schumacher Dongling Wang

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.