Sita Sings the Blues

Sita Sings the Blues, 2008
Director: Nina Paley, 82’, English, colour

What happens when an American cartoonist, whose husband travels to India for business and ends up leaving her, gets obsessed with the tragedy of Sita from "Ramayana", one of the oldest legends of the world? Nina Paley tells the story of this five year long obsession through a number of thoroughly different animation techniques. The result: a candy sweet mixture of traditional and popular Hindu culture with 1920’s jazz numbers.

Past Programs
Cast a Shadow!
February 5–28, 2009