Earlier this week, my friend Brooks showed me a minute of a movie called Sita Sings the Blues. After seeing the artistry and listening to the toe-tapping indo-fusion music of the beginning clip, I knew I had to watch the rest.

Sita sings the Blues is an animated movie that chronicles the life of New Yorker Nina while juxtaposing the classic Hindu text, The Ramayana. Music from the jazz age is interjected into the plot to describe the emotions of the protagonists in formulaic Bollywood style. What makes Sita Sings the Blues all the more interesting is that it's available in its entirety [10 parts], in HD on YouTube.

The creator/director, Nina Paley, has become a Creative Commons beacon with her choice to use non-traditional commercial copyrights with her work. Sita Sings the Blues has been out for a little more than two months and has been shown around the world at festivals and parks. It's an entertaining, beautiful, and informative watch which I would recommend to those who like something a little different. Check out the screening list to see if Sita is visiting a town near you.