Sita is a Hindu goddess, the leading lady of India’s epic the Ramayana and a dutiful wife who follows her husband Rama on a 14 year exile to a forest, only to be kidnapped by an evil king from Sri Lanka. Despite remaining faithful to her husband, Sita must endure many tests.

Nina (the filmmaker Nina Paley herself) is an artist who discovers parallels to her own life in Sita’s story when her husband – in India on a work assignment – decides to end their marriage via email. Three hilarious Indonesian shadow puppets – linking the popularity of the Ramayana from India all the way to the Far East – narrate both the ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the epic.

In her first feature length film, Paley juxtaposes multiple narratives and visual styles to create a highly entertaining yet moving vision of the 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, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as ‘The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told’.

Location: The Mac Centre

Address: Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9Q.

Contact: 0121 446 3276

Price: Adults  – £6.00, Children Under 16 – £3.50. Babies Under 12 Months – Free

Time: 11.00am Duration: 82 minutes

Website: Tickets can be purchased from www.macarts.co.uk

Shaanti’s Eastern Electronic Festival presents Sita Sings The Blues, supported by Arts Council England.

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