21c and LFS Monthly Film Series presents Sita Sings the Blues
Tuesday, March 16, 8:00pm
In Gallery 3, off the Atrium
Free and Open to the Public
Featured this month for 21c & LFS's continuing series is Sita Sings the Blues
by Nina Paley, a personal interpretation of the Indian epic The Ramayana. Using
Flash animation, the film depcits the Indian gods Sita and Rama who share familiar
struggles with the artist's own troubled relationship. Originally suffering some
controversy due to use of copyrighted Annette Hanshaw songs, Paley creatively used
an unconventional distribution method to show her film to a wider audience. Available
via streaming video and download from her
website
through the copyright-exempt Creative Commons license, Nina Paley has equaled her unique
work with an innovative way to show her film to the public.
"Ms. Paley's imaginative leaps and blend of styles are part and parcel of the film's
visual and aural originality"
–Margy Rochlin, The New York Times
"Sita Sings the Blues brings together four entirely separate elements and combines
them into a great whimsical chord"
–Roger Ebert
About LFS
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series since August of 2007. LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization.
Support comes from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, donated
materials, and services. For more information about the LFS, please visit visit
www.louisvillefilm.org.
21c Monthly Film Series is funded by: