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A conversation with Nina Paley about “Sita Sings the Blues”

Nina Paley is the writer, director, animator, and producer of the highly acclaimed animated feature film, Sita Sings the Blues. At one point, her film was illegal due to copyright laws; sharing it with audiences was technically a Federal crime. The film is now legal, and free to share (see sitasingstheblues.com). Nina is now artist-in-residence …

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Shocked and outraged by Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda video? Perhaps you should butt out

We need to see more black women on our screens, and a broader view of female sexuality as a whole. Cheeky videos are a symptom, not a cause, of our patriarchal pop culture In the summer when America’s racial wounds are rupturing, and the anger of the disenfranchised boils over from a hashtag into a …

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Marina Abramovic: MASTER THE ART OF DOING NOTHING ALL DAY

THIRTY YEARS AGO, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic was a penniless outsider, lining of a van. Now the 67-year-old is a star turn, not just revered by the art world for her boundary-pushing shows, but collaborating with Lady Gaga and inspiring a storyline on Sex and the City. As the New-York based artist begins a …

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