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Is Sita Sings the Blues a Documentary?

September 16th, 2009 by Colin Beckett

Sita Sings the Blues never really feels like a documentary. It is not merely that the film is drawn rather than photographed, or that it is packed with unmotivated musical interludes. These tactics have all appeared in other films more convincingly categorized as documentary, but Nina...

COMMENTS: 2 TAGS: Annette Hanshaw, DocuClub/Arts Engine, Felix Endara, India, Karl Fogel, Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues, Sri Lanka, the Ramayana, women's equal treatment.

 

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