Sand Animation

This is SO amazing - I hope they never pull it off of YouTube. I could watch this every day & never tire of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo

Here is the explanation behind it:
She is telling the story of the Ukraine people during WWII. Ukraine had 1 out of 4 people die during the war. She is using a young couple in love at the start of the war and follows the trauma through their child and the grief of incredible loss for an entire nation and appx. 20% of all fatalities in the entire war. Go to the Observer web site for their article on this incredible artist and her motivation. An entire nation was moved by her performance of their history.