Sita Sings the Blues: An Inspiration to Warm the Heart
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“Sita Sings the Blues” is a thoroughly astonishing original animated feature film by Nina Paley, which was awarded the Cristal Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at the 2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Crystal Bear-Special Mention for Best Feature Film at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. To have conceived of such a brilliantly animated film like this is a great miracle, a contemporary story nested parallel within an ancient Sanscrit epic, each one telling the story of a brave, noble woman made to suffer because of the betrayal of her weak-willed husband.
Paley encountered great obstacles when she tried to get “Sita Sings the Blues” licensed. Partly because of the 1920's Annett Hanshaw jazz musical soundtrack, licensors came back with the “bargain” estimate of about $220,000. It was simply not possible for her to acquire that kind of money, so instead Paley gave "Sita Sings the Blues" to her audiences. Paley stated, “Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but I am making it explicit with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show ‘Sita Sings the Blues.’”
This piece presents a detailed review of the film, a number of beautiful, colorful illustrations, music audio, a picture book about the film, a remarkable slide show and a full-version HD video of the animated feature, “Sita Sings the Blues.”
Paley encountered great obstacles when she tried to get “Sita Sings the Blues” licensed. Partly because of the 1920's Annett Hanshaw jazz musical soundtrack, licensors came back with the “bargain” estimate of about $220,000. It was simply not possible for her to acquire that kind of money, so instead Paley gave "Sita Sings the Blues" to her audiences. Paley stated, “Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but I am making it explicit with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show ‘Sita Sings the Blues.’”
This piece presents a detailed review of the film, a number of beautiful, colorful illustrations, music audio, a picture book about the film, a remarkable slide show and a full-version HD video of the animated feature, “Sita Sings the Blues.”
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