Sita Sings the Blues

The Ramayana, a breakup, and 1920s jazz songs, drawn by one person. It is the rare feature you are explicitly invited to copy.

The director released the film under CC0. Festival favourite and a landmark of free culture.

Nina Paley · 82 min · Musical animation

Station score 8.0 / 10 · an editorial mark, not a scraped rating.

Subtitles: English. The old songs are licensed only inside the film, which is why you watch the film rather than rip the soundtrack.

Nina Paley released the film under CC0. Watch it on her official site. The musical recordings stay inside the film.