''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 ...

film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

. The film deals with an

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

myth Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...

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

References

Profile on the Internet Movie DatabaseThe National Film Board of Canada

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* 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 1971 animated short films 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian animated films Films based on Indian folklore English-language short films English-language Canadian films {{1970s-short-animation-film-stub