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.

Released March 17, 2021 78 min None+

Keywords: mdblist.three-actors, imdb.performance, imdb.body, imdb.buddhist, imdb.covid-19, imdb.illness

Production Companies: UCLA Boethius Initiative, Fisher Center at Bard

Country: United States
Languages: English