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Sita sings the blues /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, Italian Publisher: [Stanford, CA] : QuestionCopyright.org, 2009Edition: Widescreen formatDescription: 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Subject(s):

Genre/Form: LOC classification:

PN1997.5 .S58 2009

Production credits:

Animated, designed, and edited by Nina Paley ; music, Todd Michaelsen, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Masala Dosa, Nik Phelps, Rohan.

Narrated by Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally, Manish Acharya. [Additional voices], Sanjiv Jhaveri, Nina Paley, Deepti Gupta, Debargo Sanyal, Reena Shah, Pooja Kumar, Aladdin Ullah, Nitya Vidyasagar, Annette Hanshaw.Summary: Nina Paley combines a personal relationship-gone-wrong story with an adaptation of the Indian epic, the Ramayana. Nina is an animator in San Francisco whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Animated characters done in the style of traditional Indian shadow puppets narrate the tragicomic storylines, with Sita's singing voice represented by 1920's-era recordings of jazz performer Annette Hanshaw.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02433 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050190879

DVD release of the 2008 animated motion picture.

Bonus features: optional director's commentary; trailer (2 min.); WNET Feb. 2009 interview (25 min.); "Fetch!" animated short (5 min.). DVD-ROM content: "Press kit" with illustrations, photos in TIFF and JPG file formats, bio, filmography, credits, and synopsis; "Sita Poster" in FLA and PNG file formats; production stills in PNG and JPG file formats.

Based on : The Ramayana / by Valmiki.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; stereo.

In English, with optional subtitles in English, French, Italian, "LOLspeak".

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Sita sings the blues /