Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

“Sita Sings the Blues" is based on the Hindu epic "The Ramayana". Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina Paley is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of torch singer Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told."

Written, directed, produced and animated by Nina Paley

Run time: One hour, 21 minutes

Nova Rex: Ain’t Easy Being Cheesy

Real-life documentary follows glam band NOVA REX guitarist JP Cervoni and bassist Kenny Wilkerson as they promote the group’s “Then & Now” greatest hits CD with funny, true stories about the early-1990s hair metal rockslide into grunge.

Loaded with classic performance footage, photographs, now-and-then interviews plus plenty of awesome heavy metal ear candy, “Nova Rex: Ain’t Easy Being Cheesy” rattles eardrums and tickles funny bones around the rocking world!

Coming Attractions

Butch Black: The M.E.A.N. Man! (2005)

Circle City police detective Butch Black finds himself on the wrong side of the law and organized crime in the action-packed crime comedy written, produced and directed by Dean Robinson (“Nova Rex: Ain’t Easy Being Cheesy”).

“Butch Black is an entertaining mix of comedy and action” says Fort Wayne Reader editor Michael Summers. Whatzup Magazine contributor Susan Burns says “It is the story that reels you in.” The Journal Gazette entertainment writer Steve Penhollow calls the movie “a hoot.”

Cast: Dean Robinson, Tabitha Potter, Darin Craig, Robert Scrimm

Run time: 58 minutes

Unrated - For mature audiences

The Hunt for Gollum: A Film Inspired by the Lord of the Rings (2009)

Award-winning unofficial prequel to “The Lord Of The Rings” dramatizing Aragorn & Gandalf's long search for Gollum was directed by British filmmaker Chris Bouchard. Based faithfully on the appendices of the books, this is a non-profit, serious homage to the writing of J.R.R Tolkien and the films of Peter Jackson.

It was shot on locations in England and Snowdonia with a team of over a hundred people working over the Internet. It took two years to make and was released as a non-profit Internet-only video by agreement with Tolkien Enterprizes.

Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, Chris Bouchard

Directed by Chris Bouchard

Cast: Adrian Webster, Patrick O’Connor, Arin Alldridge, Nina Ramnani

Run time: 39 minutes

The Last City on Earth (2009)

Hundreds of years into the future, endless wars have isolated and besieged the last pocket of civilization on this planet. Thanks to the Mayor of the City, the enemy is kept outside. Production levels rise to all-time highs. Then a spy plane arrives - but is it really a spy? Not everything is what is seems to be. Conceived, animated and produced by Ricardo Mercado. Run time: 11 minutes