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Movie Roundup: Sita Sings The Blues

I was fortunate enough to catch a screening of Sita Sings the Blues last week and it's just sinking in now how fantastic it was. Basically it's an animated retelling of the Indian Ramayana (think: The Odyssey) through a multitude of animation styles and 1920's jazz. That description sounds pretentious but it's the farthest thing from it. The narration was hilarious, the quality of animation never faltered no matter what the style and the songs were the most incredible fit - astonishing that a jazz song from the 1920's would match exactly with a story from ~500 BC.

Apparently the film is a bit controversial in India because the powers that be don't like that a white woman is giving her take on one of their sacred tales (understandable) but I'm guessing they haven't actually seen it.

Watch trailer and then check out this clip depicting The Battle of Lanka.