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How Death Came to Earth (1971)

How Death Came to Earth poster
Directed by
Ishu Patel
Genre
animation, fantasy
Country
Canada
Runtime
14 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short animated film tells an Indian creation myth about how death arrived in the world. It uses a distinctive cutout animation style with a trippy visual approach.

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What happens

How Death Came to Earth is a 14-minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with an Indian myth of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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