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Subj: Remind me to post the pic of me with the Ramayana ballet starts of Bali when I get back to Aus. It's one of my favs.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 at 07:30:46 am EST (Viewed 1 times)

Reply Subj: Hey! Free movie!
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:19:36 pm EST (Viewed 444 times)

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So an artist named Nina Paley created a full length animated film called "Sita Sings the Blues" telling the Indian tale of Ramayana (as well as a bit from Paley's own love life), incorporating the recordings of 1920's singer Annette Hanshaw. I found the film to be laugh-out-loud funny, and Roger Ebert likewise sings its praises (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/having_wonderful_time_wish_you.html), but the film will never be released commercially because, while the recordings of Annette Hanshaw are all public domain, most of the compositions of the songs are owned by major corporations who want hundreds of thousands of dollars to allow a distributor the rights to them.

This is definitely a tiny, independent art-film, so no distributor was going to materialize and cough up that kind of dough. As of today, Nina Paley has given the film to the public (http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/). Says Paley: "Please distribute, copy, share, archive, and show Sita Sings the Blues. From the shared culture it came, and back into the shared culture it goes."

I admit, I hadn't heard of this movie at all until seeing an article on it earlier this morning. I began watching a bit out of curiosity and then found myself watching all 80 or so minutes of it. I thought some people here might get a kick out of it as well.

Here's the trailer:

Here's one of the musical numbers:

And here is the entire film:
http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/347/

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Hey! Free movie! · Visionary · Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:19:36 pm EST
- Remind me to post the pic of me with the Ramayana ballet starts of Bali when I get back to Aus. It's one of my favs. · Al B. Harper - has been travelling this last month and is looking forward to returning HOME! · Mon Mar 02, 2009 at 07:30:46 am EST
- I thought this was surprisingly good, and it gave me a new appreciation of the Indian myth. (no text) · HH says thanks for sharing · Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 09:30:40 am EST
- I'm pretty sure I got a contact high just from watching this. :) (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! enjoyed this · Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 02:21:32 am EST
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