This is a trailer for Nina Paley’s full length animated feature: Sita Sings the Blues.

Nina’s earlier work, Fetch was a wonderful early animation that showed a bit of her creativity but Sita takes it to another level (another world).

In the process of releasing Sita, Nina ran into issues surrounding her use of some background music and has become a Creative Commons activist. Her blog has numerous posts and videos describing what happened to her.

Thirteen, the PBS station in New York did an extensive interview with her about the Sita issue: Nina Sings the Copyright Song and they have the entire film Sita Sings the Blues online for watching: Sita Sings the Blues.

Update: You can make a donation to Thirteen and download the HD version of the film and watch it on your computer or an HD TV. It’s incredible. I’ve now watched the entire thing full screen on this computer, well worth the download (and donation): Download here. To download hold the Option key down as you click the download button.

Read a review of the movie in The New York Times: Hindu Goddess as Betty Boop? It’s Personal.

Fantastic film, beautifully done, worth watching in its entirety in HD on your computer. Wow.