This weekend you can sit down for an eclectic and nice story. Nina Paley intertwines her own pinkbird broken heart story with the ancient stories of the Rmayana, the habit of debating the true versions of it and the beautiful smartful songs of 1920’s jazz vocalist Annette Hanshaw -”cheeks like peaches and a voice of honey“.

Completely animated in different styles matching the storylines, this is one mesmerizing and well done love therapy. The present-day break up of animator Nina finds connects flawless with the story of Sita, a goddess separated from her Lord and husband Rama, all bound together by the heart yearnings of Anette Hanshaw.
Cartoonist Paley wants to release the animation 100% DRM-free, but in order to do so, she has to raise $50,000 to pay the holders of some of the musical compositions used in the film. So if you want to download a high definition version of Sita sings the blues, you can give a donation via Channel Thirteen, where you can see the movie in small screen too. If you want, you can even order a DVD-packaging. Plain donation support for the free release of this film can be made thru here, that is, if you want the googles to have your credit card info. Alas, I couldn’t find a Paypal donation possibility.
Official site – Download list

Bring the lassi and papadums and enjoy!

(Via Neato)