Animator Nina Paley's much anticipated 'Sita sings the blues' is now online, for free viewing :
http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/347/ ------------- Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by e-mail. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.” ______ The film was(is) in copyright jail : http://www.questioncopyright.org/sita_distribution and is currently being aired thanks to a loophole in the Copyright Act. Eventually, Nina wants to make the move 'completely free' for public distribution under a Creative Commons Share Alike license . To quote her from her blog ( http://blog.ninapaley.com ) : "Why should techies have all the fun? The few publishers to embrace open content focus primarily on technical books. But an increasing number of artists and pop culture creators are seeking alternatives to copy restricting their works. " -Jai http://iyermatter.wordpress.com
