Upcoming Stories: “Sita Sings the Blues” 2 part interview

On Jan. 22, ModernFilmZine will post an interview with Nina Paley, the director of the animated feature film, “Sita Sings the Blues.” The movie is an Internet smash hit and a personal film for Paley. She came up with the story after being dumped by her husband by e-mail, weaving her personal struggle with the Indian story of Ramayana, with the break up of Sita and Rama. The interview is the first of two parts.

On Jan. 24, ModernFilmZine will post the second part of a two piece interview featuring Nina Paley. The article will discuss Paley’s struggle to find a distributor for her film, “Sita Sings the Blues.” The piece will discuss how new computer technology and the Internet has helped her film an audience and how some people in India see her film as to flippant.