Award Winner of the Denver Film Festival Sita Sings the Blues is back for an encore at the Starz Film Center this Friday! This is a chance to get together to watch some unique animation.
Nina Paley is a comic-strip artist for “The Hots” and “Nina’s Adventures.” She decided to reflect on her personal tragedy in a Hindi-inspired cartoon, and spent the next 5 years single-handedly animating these images on her laptop.
I hope all of you take the time to check it out. It’s an award-winner for a reason!
Sita, the goddess in the Hindi epic The Ramayana, is the devoted wife of Rama, god and prince banished from the throne for 14 years.
Nina, an animator, is a loving wife living in San Francisco with her husband. Just what do an epic goddess and a modern-day woman have in common? Both get dumped!
Animator Nina Paley pulls humor from personal experience with the help of colorful stop-action cutouts, animated shadow puppets, and a Betty-Boop-like portrayal of the goddess Sita, who sings the ‘20s blues with Annette Hanshaw’s voice. It’s a handmade, heartfelt romp that’s original and guaranteed to be the greatest break-up story ever told!
Group discounts!! If 10 or more tickets are bought on a single transaction, it’s only $7.50 each (compared to $9.50).
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