Nina Paley

by E. Nina Rothe Some films remain with us because of the story they tell on screen. Others we connect with deep in our hearts because of what the content means to us, personally. And then there are those films that are poignant because of their background, the goings-on behind the scenes, which we just happen to know about. Nina Paley's animated feature Sita Sings the Blues is a wonderful combination of all three for me. The story is b ased on the epic Indian tale of the Ramayana , focusing on the love triangle between Rama, his virtuous wife Sita and the evil ... Read Full Story

Sita Sings the Blues is interesting animated film. It tells the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. (BTW - it is screening at the 2009 Silk Screen Festival in Pittsburgh .) What's interesting about the film is that it is FREE. In February 2009, the director made it completely free under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. You can copy, share, publish, archive, show, sell, broadcast, or remix Sita Sings the Blues. (You can see the full movie below.) The director Nina Paley is trying to distribute the film the same way people distribute free software and ... Read Full Story

Sita Sings the Blues is an animated film filled with the strange and unlikely: American jazz age music provides the soundtrack to an ancient Sanskrit epic; the deeds of heroes are brought down to Earth by the nattering of shadow puppets; and a love story that's inspired generations is the backdrop to a modern tale of heartbreak. Film critic Roger Ebert calls it enchanting. Read more about the movie . You can download the movie here. By David MacQuarrie, CBC News Related articles by Zemanta Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" Out Under Attribution-ShareAlike, aggregated from blog.twidox.com (twidox.com) 'Sita Sings the Blues' Online for ... Read Full Story

Sita Sings The Blues is an animated feature by Nina Paley licensed under Creative Commons. Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends! (Here in Canada, it's just another Monday...) Whether you have the day off today or not, find sometime soon to watch Sita Sings the Blues , a feature length animated film written, directed, produced and animated entirely by Nina Paley on a single computer in her apartment. As if that wasn't cool enough, she's decided to release the film under Creative Commons for free and make money through voluntary payments, ancillary products, sponsorships, public screenings, and limited DVD sales. According to ... Read Full Story

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 SITA SINGS THE BLUES Distribution Project Report ?If it?s free, how do you make money?? 5 months after the Creative Commons Share Alike release of her animated musical feature Sita Sings the Blues, Nina Paley presents the first round of hard data from the project. Contrary to MPAA propaganda, the more the audience freely shares the film, the more they purchase DVDs, theater admissions, and merchandise; witness the $$ numbers that prove it. Nina Paley is the creator of the animated musical feature film Sita Sings the Blues, which has screened in over 150 ... Read Full Story