Text Messages from the Universe (2019)

Genre : Music, Documentary, Fantasy

Runtime : 1H 2M

Director : Richard James Allen

Synopsis

A film that immerses its audience in subjective states of consciousness they might experience when they die, imagining what they can see and think and hear in a seamless but fragmentary flow of poetic images, words and music. The viewer undertakes a journey into their own interior world of dreams and projections in which time and space, and cause and effect logic, are turned on their heads. Text Messages from the Universe is inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text which guides souls on their journey of 49 days through the 'Bardo', or intermediate state, between dying and rebirth.

Actors

Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen
Dancer
Jay Bailey
Jay Bailey
Dancer
Lily Bones
Lily Bones
Dancer
Andrea Briody
Andrea Briody
Dancer
Sonia Camara
Sonia Camara
Dancer
Bonnie Curtis
Bonnie Curtis
Dancer
Emma Dulvey
Emma Dulvey
Dancer
Ryuichi Fujimura
Ryuichi Fujimura
Dancer
Jane Bones Gonscak
Jane Bones Gonscak
Dancer
Brayden Harry
Brayden Harry
Dancer
Stephanie King
Stephanie King
Dancer
Dimitri Kleioris
Dimitri Kleioris
Dancer
Brianna Law
Brianna Law
Dancer
Catherine Moore
Catherine Moore
Dancer
Phillipa Mills
Phillipa Mills
Dancer
Ellena Nou
Ellena Nou
Dancer
Xin Hui Ong
Xin Hui Ong
Dancer
Karen Pearlman
Karen Pearlman
Dancer
Kathryn Pule
Kathryn Pule
Dancer
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
Dancer
Sharlene Roberts
Sharlene Roberts
Dancer
Elena Salerno
Elena Salerno
Dancer
Cassandra Spilling
Cassandra Spilling
Dancer
Levente Szabo
Levente Szabo
Dancer
Cydney Yeats
Cydney Yeats
Dancer
Ola Turkiewicz
Ola Turkiewicz
Singer

Crews

Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen
Director
Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen
Writer
Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen
Choreographer
Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen
Producer
Marie-Stella McKinney
Marie-Stella McKinney
Producer
Olivia Deur
Olivia Deur
Costume Designer
Azure Susan Schofield
Azure Susan Schofield
Costumer
Gourav Gandhi
Gourav Gandhi
Cinematography
Karen Pearlman
Karen Pearlman
Editor
Ola Turkiewicz
Ola Turkiewicz
Music
Karen Pearlman
Karen Pearlman
Executive Producer
Ben Ferris
Ben Ferris
Executive Producer
Lhara Wetmore
Lhara Wetmore
Executive Producer

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