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
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Ganavya Doraiswamy as Self |
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Michael Schumacher as Self |
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Dongling Wang as Self |
| Visual Effects | Samantha Uber | Visual Effects |
| Production | Peter Sellars | Producer |
| Production | Jason Silverman | Producer |
| Production | Cathy Teixeira | Producer |
| Production | Diane J. Malecki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gideon Lester | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Peter Sellars | Director |
| Production | Julia Carnahan | Producer |
| Production | Cheng-Sim Lim | Producer |
| Editing | Tim Squyres | Editor |
| Sound | Shahrokh Yadegari | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Eben Hoffer | Second Unit |
| Production | Caleb Hammons | Producer |
| Production | Susan Pertel Jain | Producer |
| Camera | Nelson Yu Lik-wai | Director of Photography |
