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Sita Sings The Blues

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Sun 21 December 2008 // 20:00
Mon 22 December 2008 // 20:00
Tue 23 December 2008 // 20:00

(Sun 21st to Tues 23rd / 8pm / £4/3/2ttt)
(Nina Paley / 2008 / USA / 82 minutes / cert tbc)

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
beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Musical numbers choreographed to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw feature a cast of hundreds: flying monkeys, evil monsters, gods, goddesses, warriors, sages, and winged eyeballs. A tale of truth, justice and a woman’s cry for equal treatment.