Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Rama overhearing one of his subjects beating and ejecting an unfaithful consort (claiming he is no Rama to accept and forgive her unfaithfulness), he reluctantly orders his brother Lakshman to abandon Sita in the forest. The modern, more personal element to the contemporary part of the story is narrated using the rough, energetic Squigglevision technique of traditional animation. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharin… Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina Paley, réalisatrice de Sita chante le blues, savait-elle dans quoi elle se lançait lorsque son conjoint prit l’avion pour l’Inde?En tous cas, le voyage allait se révéler d’une grande importance pour la réalisatrice – non seulement en fournissant la matière de son film, mais également en faisant d’elle, à terme, une farouche défenderesse de l’art libre de droit. IMDb: 7.1. Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues When you see Sita rising from the ocean on a lotus, you are struck by her beauty and the sheer limpid depths of her eyes. [40] She also wrote "Understanding Free Content", an illustrated guide to the idea of free content. In an episode taken from the director's own life,[2] animator Nina Paley starts the film living happily in a San Francisco apartment with her husband and cat. "[27], Although The Hollywood Reporter declared the film to be "a rather rarified effort that will probably appeal more to adults than to children," it described it as "charming" and commented that, "Arriving amidst a tidal wave of overblown and frequently charmless big studio efforts, "Sita Sings the Blues" is a welcome reminder that when it comes to animation bigger isn't necessarily better. Namaste Sita ! They link episodes of the Ramayana with a lively, unscripted discussion of their personal impressions and knowledge of the epic. [31], Prior to the theatrical release of the film, Paley uploaded selected scenes for viewing on YouTube and Vimeo. Nina Carolyn Paley (born May 3, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, and free culture activist. Nina Paley's creation of the Ramayana, while adapting Sita Sings the Blues, 2008, incorporates critical aspects vital in society. Eventually, a fee of $50,000 was negotiated. [10][11], Beginning in 2002, Paley focused her work on the controversial subject of population growth. He sends a golden hind, Maricha, past their dwelling to distract Rama, who tries to impress Sita by hunting the hind into the woods. Nina (the filmmaker Nina Paley herself) is an artist who discovers parallels to her own life in Sita's story when her husband - in India on a work assignment - decides to end their marriage via email. Author Nina Paley Posted on January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013 Categories copyleft, copywrong, Free Culture, freedom, grief, Sita Sings the Blues 46 thoughts on “Ahimsa: Sita Sings the Blues now CC-0 “Public Domain”” Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License . Nina uses Indian epic and Sanskirt writing to connect societal emotions and promoting the significance of a woman's life. Elle décide de partir seule à la rencontre d'autres dieux, et chante ses aventures et ses émotions. Nina Paley : œuvres (2 ressources dans data.bnf.fr) Œuvres audiovisuelles (y compris radio) (2) Sita chante le blues (2012) Sita chante le blues (2008) Voir aussi. Roger Ebert wrote of it, “I am enchanted. Next to her is a whimsical peacock fueled record player, the bird’s beak scratching out the most beautiful music from this to which Sita gently gyrates. 2 talking about this. The slick, bold style – driven by digital animation software – is at odds with the somewhat rustic quality of the old musical recordings but allows close synchronization with the vocals. Earlier this year, we wrote about the ridiculous situation that Nina Paley faced in trying to release an amazing film, Sita Sings the Blues. [20][45], Paley describes herself as gender critical and writes often about the topic on her blog and social media. A while later, Nina flies to a meeting in New York, where she receives a brief e-mail from her husband telling her that their relationship is over. It is astonishingly original. Her personal crisis caused her to see more deeply into the Ramayana, the Indian epic, which she had encountered in India, and motivated her to produce a short animation which combines an episode from the Ramayana with a torch song recorded in 1929 by Annette Hanshaw, "Mean To Me". Nina Paley was born on May 3, 1968 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. Nina Paley, a syndicated comic-strip artist, has taken three thematic elements and woven them together in a bright, colorful 2-D animated feature about heartbreak. The Rajput style of brush painting was principally enacted on manuscripts and commonly employed in the telling of epics such as the Ramayana. With Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally, Manish Acharya. [24] The film also holds a score of 94 on the review aggregator website Metacritic based on 11 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim". Sita, déesse indienne et épouse dévouée, est répudiée par son mari, Rama. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other. The Story of Sita Sita is born directly from the Earth and found by King Janaka, who recognizes her "celestial beauty" and determines her bride price to be her suitor's "manliness." During these sections, the ideas and contradictions raised over the course of the puppets' discussions are visualized in animated photographic compositions in the background. [16] The film was screened at more than 150 film festivals globally[20] and was broadcast on PBS in New York City. The film uses several different styles of animation to separate and identify the parallel narratives. [29], The film has drawn controversy from a number of sides. Mercredi 24 octobre 2018, 15h00 - Salle Georges Franju → 16h25 (82 min) Sita chante le blues (Nina Paley / Etats-Unis-Inde / 2008 / 82 … Dear Audience, I hereby give Sita Sings the Blues to you. Based on a work at www.sitasingstheblues.com. [citation needed], Since its release, Sita Sings the Blues has attracted limited but consistent acclaim from critics. > Nina Paley a mis cinq ans à écrire, dessiner, animer, réaliser, produire seule son film d'animation Sita chante le blues qui rencontre un grand succès à travers le monde, le film ayant déjà remporté une trentaine de prix et récompenses. Search results for "Nina Paley" BluRay Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014) Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2014) BluRay. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. [37] Subsequent animations in this series are "All Creative Work Is Derivative",[38] EFF Tribute[39] and "Credit is Due: The Attribution Song". Sita est l'épouse du dieu Rama, qui l'abandonna, comme le raconte le Ramayana. As of 2018, Paley has created two animated feature films. I'm an artist, animator and Free Culture activist. The film captures the darker side of Sita’s life and portrays her crying for her fate. There … [8] She illustrated a "History of the North Pole" comic in collaboration with University High School history teacher Chris Butler, and attended the University of Illinois, studying art for two years before dropping out. [23], Paley has qualified this distribution strategy as a financial success, citing that it earned $132,000 from March 2009 to March 2010. In 2018, she completed her second animated feature, Seder-Masochism, a retelling of the Book of Exodus as patriarchy emerging from goddess worship. Upon her arrival, he appears deeply unenthusiastic to be reunited and demonstrates neither affection nor sexual interest. [7], She attended local elementary and high schools, graduating from University High School in 1986. It conveys the kind of restlessness inherent in the story and achieves a more light-hearted, universal tone with its simple, highly stylized renderings of character and environments. Elle décide de partir seule à la rencontre d'autres dieux, et chante ses aventures et ses émotions. [8], The film uses a number of 1920s Annette Hanshaw recordings. "[30], When the San Jose Museum of Art screened the film, a protestor said: "I'm very angry about this film and feel very humiliated by the portrayal of Lord Ram in this very perverted way...negative portrayals of Hinduism cause discrimination and religious intolerance. She accompanies Rama back to the palace and soon falls pregnant. It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by Annette Hanshawand scenes from the artist's own life. Paley was born in Urbana, Illinois,[3] the daughter of Jean (Passovoy) and Hiram Paley. Sita Sings the Blues is Nina Paley’s creative interpretation of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana. [17] The freely downloaded files counted as "promotional copies" and were exempt from payments to the copyright holders of the songs.[1]. [48] She was a signatory to an open letter published by The Sunday Times defending J. K. Rowling against criticism for alleged transphobia. After a month of no contact, he calls to inform his wife that the contract has been extended another year. It's amazing that she persuades the audience to care about the fate of a 2,000 mythical character, Sita… [17] Paley later added episodes and other material to the work, which is now called Sita Sings the Blues. She expanded it into a feature-length treatment of the Ramayana focused on Rama's wife, Sita, using a variety of animation styles and techniques. Episodes with dialogue from the Ramayana are enacted using painted figures of the characters in profile, which strongly resemble the 18th-century Indian tradition of Rajput painting. Why are you interested in the Ramayana? Sita lacks satisfaction and happiness that she had in the epic poem. "Sita Sings the Blues" is based on the Hindu epic "The Ramayana". [29][30] In Poland, the film was screened at the ANIMATOR film festival where it was chosen by the audience as the festival's best feature-length animated film. “Sita Sings the Blues,” Nina Paley’s new film, which arrives in New York on Friday trailing festival love, is certainly ambitious and visually loaded. L'extraordinaire parallèle entre 2 époques, 2 femmes, 2 cultures, admirablement animé par la dessinatrice américaine Nina Paley. The Ramayana of Valmiki is an epic poem portraying the ideal relationship between Rama and Sita. Partisane de la gestion individuelle, la réalisatrice a choisi de diffuser son film sous licence libre… In 2002, Paley moved to Trivandrum, India, where her husband had taken a job. Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa’s… Country: Canada, France, Lebanon, Qatar, USA. [4] Her family was Jewish. Sad and alone, she stays in New York, finding comfort in a new cat and her study of the Ramayana. It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by Annette Hanshaw and scenes from the artist's own life. Based on a work at www.sitasingstheblues.com . Full Interview. Nina Paley est une dessinatrice et animatrice américaine née le 3 mai 1968 à Urbana dans l'État de l'Illinois aux États-Unis.. Alors qu'elle est largement connue comme artiste et souvent en tant qu'auteur de Nina's Adventures, Fluff et The Hots, ses récentes productions sont du domaine de l'animation notamment Sita Sings the Blues (Sita chante le blues). Nina Paley is an animat... "Sita Sings the Blues" is based on the Hindu epic "The Ramayana". Indianapolis International Film Festival, July 2009, This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 11:04. Nina Paley – 1 h 22 - VOST Sita est une belle déesse indienne qui connaît de nombreux tourments avec son mari, le dieu Rama. Unable to return to either Trivandrum or San Francisco, she moved to Brooklyn, New York. The finished work premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 2008[18][19] and had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2008. 'S life ancient mythological and modern comedy in this gloriously animated film Sita Sings the Blues ” a article. 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