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Reading Notes: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues Part A


(Image Information: Ravana Approaches Sita
Nina Paley Source: Wikipedia)

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     This short animated film has kept me so entertained. The way that Nina Paley was able to incorporate two different stories, Blues music, and historical background was very inspiring.

    Seeing this animated film has opened up my eyes to a different perspective on going about and changing stories for the weekly story posts. I think Nina Paley does a great job of sticking to the basic story, but also adding her own elements. This is something that I hope to get better at as I continue on with story posts. 

   When thinking about what I could do in terms of rewriting the story, I would take the modern approach further and maybe make the Ramayana scenes regarding Rama and Sita's love story with a more modern approach. For example, in this film Dave and his wife's story is the backdrop story behind the Ramayana. I would instead make the Ramayana story with two modern day people, set it in Norman, and see what I could do with it. It would be a challenge, but it would be interesting to see what I came up with.

  Something I also learned from this video that I didn't from Narayana's Ramayana was that it is presumed that Vishnu's 10th avatar is yet to come. I read more about this, researched the topic, and found out even more about what my religion believes in. This is amazing, because I honestly did not know that before. 

   I am looking forward to watching the rest of this film tomorrow. The whole story was actually summed up in the first part, so I am not really sure what to expect in the second half of this video. I really enjoy the commentary within the film, as it has also allowed me to question some of the things depicted in the story. I reached out to my Intro to Hinduism professor, and also shared this video with her.

   We are also reading Narayana's Ramayana this week in my Intro to Hinduism class. Good thing I already read it! 

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Bibliography: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues Reading Guide A


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  1. Laura GibbsFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:45 AM

    I am so glad you watched Nina's film, Sonali: she is one of my heroes! And I had forgotten about your Intro to Hinduism class where you are reading the Ramayana: how perfect! You can tell the other students about this film; it's controversial in some circles (no surprise), but I think it is, at least so far, America's one great contribution to the ongoing collection of Ramayana retellings. :-)

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