[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] 2PM Sun @ CPL, "Sita Sings the Blues" (and Creative Commons); and, anyone for Urbana Market 7:45am Saturday?

[Joe Futrelle]

Nina's talk is worth seeing, here's a link:

http://blip.tv/file/2830689/

--
Joe Futrelle
Person


On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Please join AWARE Films, this Sunday at 2pm,
> Champaign Public Library Robeson room "C", for
>
>    Sita Sings the Blues
>
> Not a political issue film this time, this is an animated telling --
> by Urbana native Nina Paley -- of the classical Hindu story of
> Sita and Rama, interwoven with 1920s Annette Hanshaw blues music,
> commentary from modern-day Indians who remember various versions
> of the story, and the filmmaker's own life.  (Be careful how you
> break up with an artist.)   This was one of the films chosen for
> the 2009 Ebertfest.  More at
>
>    http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/
>
> A political twist: part of the reason we're able to show this film
> is that Paley has released it under the Creative Commons license
> ("all wrongs reversed") -- as at questioncopyright.org.
>
> Anyone is free to download, show, and re-use the film; she encourages
> viewers to support her, and sells some material things, but the
> relationship is completely different from the usual one involving detailed
> restrictions and negotiations of property rights.  She gave a conference
> talk about how this is working out: the answer is, surprisingly well;
> we may show that talk too.
>
>
> ... also...
>
> AWARE's last Urbana Indoor Market of the year will be this Saturday,
> Dec. 19th.  People have signed up for the middle (9:30-11) and last
> (11am-closing)
> shifts -- thanks to Carl, Peggy, and the Webers -- but could really
> use someone *with a car* to help with the 7:45am opening shift,
> and maybe another person for the 9:30 shift too.   If you have time for
> either,
> please let me know.
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