I discovered Ishu Patel's wonderful animations:
Afterlife is a representation of life & rebirth in glowing drawings on black, showing all the stages one might go through in multiple lives, human, animal & demon ending in a small pulsating white light possibly representing Nirvana. It is accompanied by beautifully gentle Indian pipe music
Filmed in Ladakh a brilliant live film in 5 parts on youtube,with a smattering of Patel's wonderful animations, The Tibetan Book of the Dead explores a similar theme, but with a commentary and mixture of Western & Tibetan music.
Part 5 ends "When you are born you cry but the whole world is overjoyed, when you die the world cries but you may find the great liberation."
It is long, nearly 50 minutes altogether, but is worth watching for the brief animations and wonderful scenery if you have any interest in that part of the world. We do, having been to Zanskar, Ladahk & Tibet.
The Bead Game also has a bit of a dark theme. It's made in what looks like Hama Beads, and represents a mythical food-chain, many animals transforming into others, ending in human war with nuclear death and destruction represented in a fascinating way.
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