Reel13 has released Nina Paley’s amazing, full length animated film ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ on their website for free!
Synopsis: Sita is a goddess separated from her Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by e-mail. Three shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues is “The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.â€