“An Animated Vision of the Tibetan Book of the Dead”
"Tanka" means, literally, "a thing rolled up". Photographed from Tibetan scroll paintings of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, Tanka is a cyclical vision of ancient gods and demons, an animated journey through the image world of the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
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David Lebrun Director
United States release January 1, 2015 · Produced in United States
Production
Night Fire Films
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United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1976
Premiere
United States · January 1, 2015
Digital · restored
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