Sita Sings The Blues
Animation by Nina Paley (US): a retelling of the Ramayana accompanied by old Blues numbers. Very 2D, a bit b3ta methinks. site
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bnt what, me worry?, Wed 24 Dec 2008, 8:14,
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Awesome!
That's excellent!
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IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Wed 24 Dec 2008, 8:58,
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Agree!
I play in several old style jazz bands, never heard that particular song.
music by Annette Hanshaw recording from 8 Sept 1927 featuring Eddie Lang, Adrian Rollini, Joe Venuti, and Vic Berton.
Here is a short aticle about the film:
Hindu Goddess as Betty Boop? It’s Personal
By MARGY ROCHLIN OAKLAND, Calif.
WHAT do a 3,000-year-old Sanskrit epic, a ’20s-era jazz singer and Indonesian shadow puppets have in common? They’re all part of the eclectic cultural tapestry that is “Sita Sings the Blues,” an 82-minute animated feature that combines autobiography with a retelling of the classic Indian myth the Ramayana, and that required its creator, the syndicated comic-strip artist Nina Paley, to spend three years transforming herself into a one-woman moving-picture studio. . . . . Because of an exception in the copyright act, public television stations can broadcast music without having to clear individual licenses, and “Sita” will be shown on the New York PBS station WNET on March 7, after which it will be available on the station’s Web site. “My thing,” Ms. Paley said in November, sounding glum, “is that I just want people to see it.”
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tubaman, Sun 15 Feb 2009, 19:14,
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