Sita Sings the Blues

80 minutes
Sita Sings the Blues

Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this interpretation of the Indian epic Râmâyana. With the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, and as tagline 'The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.'

This program screened as part of HAFF 2008