''How Death Came to Earth'' is a 14-minute

cutout animation Cutout animation is a form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or photographs. The props would be cut out and used as puppets for stop motion. The world's ea ...

film by

Ishu Patel Ishu Patel is an animation film director/producer and educator. During his twenty-five years at the National Film Board of Canada he developed animation techniques and styles to support his themes and vision. Since then he has produced animated ...

produced in 1971 by the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

. The film deals with an

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

myth Myth is a folklore genre consisting of Narrative, narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or Origin myth, origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not Objectivity (philosophy), ...

of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style.

References

Profile on the Internet Movie DatabaseThe National Film Board of Canada

External links

* Canadian animated short films 1971 films National Film Board of Canada animated short films Films directed by Ishu Patel Animated films based on folklore Cutout animation films 1970s animated short films 1971 animated films 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian films Films based on Indian folklore {{1970s-short-animation-film-stub