It is an unconventional animated musical that was completely produced by one person over the course of 5 years. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved lord and husband rama. I got a dvd in the mail, an animated film titled sita sings the blues. Sita sings the blues is a very independent animated film that portrays a portion of the hindu epic the ramayana. You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time, and well still let you know when this product is available. Sita sings the blues rights i saw a screening with nina in attendance last week. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a soul mate. Flash authoring files for the featurelength animated film sita sings the blues all the flash authoring. Sita sings the blues is a musical, animated personal interpretation of the indian epic the ramayana. Sita sings the blues news archive news,the indian express. Sita sings the blues 2009 i only recently became aware of this film that tells in animated form the story of the epic poem the ramayana that, along with the mahabharatha, provides much of the foundational myths of hindus and india. Watch or download sita sings the blues online for free. Also, it features three cleverly interwoven segments, involving unconditional love and being rejected by a. Subtitles including english, spanish, french, german, russian, chinese, dutch and finnish.
Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. I carefully filed it with other movies i will watch when they introduce the 8day week. Sita sings is a 2008 animated feature film by nina paley. I though sita sings the blues now available for streaming or download was quite good. In paleys film, the ancient hindu epic the ramayana is retold through the songs of a 1920s american jazz singer, annette hanshaw. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. It is a huge risk but the only thing worse than a film to not make money is for a film to not be seen and not make money. Online sita sings the blues zoom meetup free event. Sita sings the blues, nina paleys new film, which arrives in new york on friday trailing festival love, is certainly ambitious and visually loaded. Sita sings the blues tells the story of rama and sita with a very interesting twist. In a rather unorthodox fashion, the entire film is created using the adobe animation program flash, something highly irregular for a featurelength film. The dvd has audiencecreated subtitles, a directors commentary track, and some bonus tracks.
Nina paley, a selftaught animator, released in 2008 an 82minute animated film, sita sings the blues, that mingles the classic indian myth, the ramayana, with contemporary autobiographical events, and its all set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. This film by nina paley one she has made available to the public by withholding is a wonderful addition to what has come to be known as the ramayana tradition. Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show sita sings the blues. She explained that the rights to the music were really quite reasonable until. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to india, then dumps her. Youre not going to see sita sings the blues outselling walle at any. Want to know how i got a certain animated effect in sita sings the blues. See the sita sites page for the complete, communitymaintained list of where sita sings the blues can be found online. At least that seems to be a major theme in sita sings the blues, an incomparably unique animated feature that combines ancient hindu mythology, a 1920s blues singer, and one artists failed marriage to tell the story of a every woman who lets a man walk all over her. The history of womankind is a broken record as the same damn things keeping happening over and over again. Sita sings the blues is based on the hindu epic the ramayana. The whole film is split into four different segments that are interwoven around one another.
We are planning to hopefully launch a kickstarter campaign soon to bring about an official, highquality bluray printing of sita sings the blues. It intersperses events from the ramayana, lighthearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by annette hanshaw and scenes from the artists own life. Two women having troubles with their men, separated by several centuries, find their stories coming together in this animated comedydrama from artist and animator nina paley. Although arni has read many ramayanas to generate a story that is rich and true,her text obviously responds to the patua tradition,reprising the.
We are planning to hopefully launch a kickstarter campaign soon to bring about an official, highquality bluray printing of sita sings the. Paley puts a lot of emphasis on the unconditional and pure love sita has for rama. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but i am making it explicit with a creative commons attributionshare alike license. Watch sita sings the blues 2008 full movie free online. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the indian epic ramayana. The best way to see sita sings the blues is on a big screen, in a dark room, with other people. Sita sings the blues is an animated movie made a jewish woman reflecting on a difficult break up through the story of sita and rama from the ramayana. It was created by nina paley, and the film is, remarkably, almost a solo effort. In fact, sita sings the blues is a wonderful way to keep hindu mythology alive. Whatever country youre in, theres sure to be a giftgiving holiday coming soon, so dont delay. Mediascape ucla school of theater, film and television.
There are a few differences that i noticed between the ramayana by narayan, and the depiction of it in sita sings the blues. Rama realizes lava and kusa are his sons after he hears them sing the ramayana. Media in category sita sings the blues the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. All the great songs and lyrics from the sita sings the blues album ont he webs largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. Sita sings the blues original full movie 720p youtube. Parvatisaraswati saraswati represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music.
One of the most exciting times of the semester occurs when we watch sita sings the blues in class. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 american animated musical romantic comedy drama film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Please download, help seed, spread the word, and let me know what you think. Technically, sita sings the blues is a wonderful achievement. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to india, then dumps her by email. Anniversary 19782018 live in hyde park 2019 kijken volledige film gratis. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 animated feature film written, directed, produced and animated entirely by american artist nina paley with the exception of some fight animation by jake friedman in the battle of lanka scene primarily using 2d computer graphics. The human experience is also involved, sita is not just a goddess nor is rama not just portrayed as a god. I have a deep love for mythology, so here, in order of appearance, the gods in sita sings the blues. The vocalist in sita sings the blues is annette hanshaw, a jazz vocalist 75 years ago, now probably unremembered by all but researchers. Paley has found a way to mix the two most strikingly opposite forms of art the blues and traditional indian mythology in a way that. Told through four different animation styles, involving the filmmakers story, the sita story, three shadow figures giving humorous commentary on the sita story, and my personal favorite, parts. Sita sings the blues vs narayans ramayana ppcc world. Unlike a few decades ago when scholarship focused on only panindian literary ramayanas, scholars today are.
Sita tells them her story which unfolds in a flashback,as it were,starting with the exile in the forest and the devastating encounter with surpanakha. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 american animated musical romantic comedydrama film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Nina paley is an animator whose husband moves to india, then. The aspect of the story that i focus on is the relationship between sita and rama, who are gods. Its cute and simple and yet incorporates multiple layers to tell one legendary story. Sita sings the blues is an eightytwominute feature written, directed, animated and distributed entirely by nina paley, an independent jewish filmmaker from urbana, illinois. In sita sings the blues, ravana was a devotee of which deity. Sita sings the blues is a 2008 animated film written, directed, produced and animated by american artist nina paley. Nina paley took the ramayana and created a story that would cater to her own life and situation in sita sings the blues. The socalled spectacular success of sita sings the blues2, by nina paley, an american nonhindu woman, raises questions as superior indigenousmade animation films based on the ramayana, like hanuman3, have not received even a passing mention in the western press. From the shared culture it came, and back into the. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but i am making it explicit with a creative commons attributionshare alike license updated 1182011.
It was an version of the epic indian tale of ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of annette hanshaw. Sita, the mythological hindu goddess, has a cartoon avatar in the short film sita sings the blues. Hindu restiveness over representation of the faith in western culture has grown over the years. She is remembered now as one of the integral elements in nina paleys beautifully animated first film, produced on her laptop computer over a. In june of 2002 i moved to trivandrum, kerala, india, to be with my american husband whod taken a contract job there. I have an ongoing crowdfunding campaign for donations as well as a paypal checkout on the site so that people can watch the film and if they enjoy it and would like. Sita sings the blues full movie and subtitulos youtube. Nina paleys sita sings the blues was a case study too. You know youre in for a treat the minute you see the level of animation in sita sings the blues.
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