MY BODILY REMAINS, YOUR BODILY REMAINS AND ALL THE BODILY REMAINS THAT EVER WERE AND EVER WILL BE

Dir: Tai Shani 

‘My Bodily Remains, Your Bodily Remains, And All The Bodily Remains That Ever Were, And Ever Will Be’, is a fantastical series of filmic tableaux drawing from various genres ranging from horror to technicolour cinematic dreams, it features four protagonists; two characters called ‘Them who Love’, whose relationship is unclear, they speak of love in a profound and epic, almost spiritual way, The Ghost for Revolution, the ghost recounts somatic histories of fascism, and The Reader of The Book of Love that reads historical quotes from individuals or groups that were involved in non non-violent action.

The film is inspired by various sources; classic works of literature including Destroy, She Said by Marguerite Duras, the writing of scholars including Jackie Wang and works by filmmakers such as Jacques Rivette. The film is a poetic meditation on various historical resistance movements and groups, the spiritual dimensions of anti-supremacism, intersectional queer feminism, communism and revolutionary thinking to recognise the emancipatory power of love and pleasure as a catalyst for radical change.

The film features an original score composed by Shani’s long term collaborator Maxwell Sterling and Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas) which was developed to incorporate gamelan instruments during the Southbank Centre Studio residency, alongside digital animations by Adam Sinclair also Shani’s long term collaborator.