this body is so impermanent…
- This is a past program
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive UCLA Anderson School of Management, and Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education at UC Davis. Part of the series Reimagining the Olympiad: Body and Mind. Learn more at cinema.ucla.edu.
In person: Introduction by director Peter Sellars. Following the screening, Sellars will be joined on stage by a panel of guests for a wide-ranging conversation on paths of healing and care in this global moment of converging social and environmental crises.
Inspired by the first century Buddhist text Vimalakirti Sutra, the latest project from renowned theater director Peter Sellars is a call to community to learn and heal together during a time of sickness. A multi-disciplinary performance film, this body is so impermanent… (2021) was born of a remarkable international collaboration between Sellars and a trio of acclaimed artists as COVID-19 washed over the globe. Working virtually across continents under quarantine, South Indian devotional singer Ganavya, master calligrapher Wang Dongling and improvisatory dancer Michael Schumacher engaged with the Sutra and each other in an ensemble act of creation and healing. Sellars orchestrates breath and brushstroke, movement and mindfulness into a visual poem of stunning power.
DCP, color, 79 min. Director: Peter Sellars. With: Wang Dongling, Ganavya, Michael Schumacher.
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a division of UCLA Library, and presents its public programs in the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer, among other venues. For more information about the Archive, visit cinema.ucla.edu.
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