Nina Paley started out as a cartoonist, including the syndicated strip "Fluff," which she gave up after two years because she found doing a daily strip boring. And she had discovered a new interest: Animation. "Sita Sings the Blues" is her first feature film, and is a labor of love -- or rather, a labor of lost love. Paley decided to make "Sita" after the breakup of her own marriage, by telling the ancient Indian story of the Ramayana. The Ramayana is ostensibly an epic about the great hero-king Rama, but Paley turns it on its head by telling it from the point of view of Sita, his long-suffering wife.
Filmmaker Nina Paley
Filmmaker Nina Paley
Filmmaker Nina Paley
Nina Paley started out as a cartoonist, including the syndicated strip "Fluff," which she gave up after two years because she found doing a daily strip boring. And she had discovered a new interest: Animation. "Sita Sings the Blues" is her first feature film, and is a labor of love -- or rather, a labor of lost love. Paley decided to make "Sita" after the breakup of her own marriage, by telling the ancient Indian story of the Ramayana. The Ramayana is ostensibly an epic about the great hero-king Rama, but Paley turns it on its head by telling it from the point of view of Sita, his long-suffering wife.