World Premiere of Peter Sellars’ multi-disciplinary performance film – “this body is so impermanent…”

At a moment when grief persists and hope seems more possible, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Boethius Initiative at UCLA, and Fisher Center at Bard are honored to present the World Premiere of this body is so impermanent…, the latest project from renowned theater director Peter Sellars. The premiere will take place virtually on March 17, 2021. The multi-disciplinary performance film is a creative response to COVID-19, made in isolation by artists on three continents as a call to learn and heal together, embracing reflections on the fragility of physical being and the liberation of conscious awareness. The presentation will begin with a guided mindfulness meditation session led by Alisa Dennis Ph.D. (30 min.), followed by the World Premiere screening (75 min.) and a post-screening conversation with the audience and artists (30-40 min.).