SITA SINGS THE BLUES

SITA SINGS THE BLUES
US 2008
DIRECTOR: NINA PALEY
Cartoonist Nina Paley’s inspired tale of love gone wrong cheekily mixes different styles of animation into a jazzy, eye-popping epic of flying monkeys, many-headed demons, and love-weary women. Paley pairs the story of her own marital breakup with the legend of the Goddess Sita, whose unceremonious jilting is recounted in the Indian epic “The Ramayana.” Paley’s Busby Berkeley-like numbers, punctuated by the Betty Boop stylings of 1920s chanteuse Annette Hansha, earned her film the Best Feature prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. (82 mins.) School of Film instructor Brenda Grell will introduce the film.
FACULTY PRESENTER: BRENDA GRELL