Monday, October 28: 6-8pm
Space 2435, North Quad (located on the corner of S. State & E. Washington in the North Quad building)
FREE POPCORN!!!
“Nalini by day, Nancy by night”
26 minutes, directed by Sonali Gulati
A documentary about the outsourcing of American jobs to India. From the perspective of an Indian immigrant living in the United States, using humor and satire to capture the lives of Indian telemarketers who undergo voice and accent training to speak to US customers with an American accent. A complex look at life as per Eastern Standard Time in India.
WEBSITE: http://www.sonalifilm.com/nalini.html
Post-screening discussion led by Prasanna Vengadam: Outsourcing of jobs is a reality in today's global economy. What's the impact of this phenomenon on the culture and people in India - a common destination for global business? How does it affect the Indian American community living here in Michigan? And in the greater society we live and work?
Prasanna Vengadam is the founding president of South Asian American Voices For Impact (SAAVI). SAAVI is a non-profit, non-partisan community organization to serve specific issues of South Asian Americans through advocacy, education, and outreach efforts (www.saa-vi.org).
DF Night (Documentary Film Night) will feature one documentary film on the second Monday of every month, from 6-8pm during the 2013-2014 school year. Films featured touch on international themes, and topics that explore diversity within the U.S. Event organized by North Quad Programming in collaboration with the AskWith Media Library. For more information about the full series, please visit: http://northquad.umich.edu/documentary-film-night/.
Space 2435, North Quad (located on the corner of S. State & E. Washington in the North Quad building)
FREE POPCORN!!!
“Nalini by day, Nancy by night”
26 minutes, directed by Sonali Gulati
A documentary about the outsourcing of American jobs to India. From the perspective of an Indian immigrant living in the United States, using humor and satire to capture the lives of Indian telemarketers who undergo voice and accent training to speak to US customers with an American accent. A complex look at life as per Eastern Standard Time in India.
WEBSITE: http://www.sonalifilm.com/nalini.html
Post-screening discussion led by Prasanna Vengadam: Outsourcing of jobs is a reality in today's global economy. What's the impact of this phenomenon on the culture and people in India - a common destination for global business? How does it affect the Indian American community living here in Michigan? And in the greater society we live and work?
Prasanna Vengadam is the founding president of South Asian American Voices For Impact (SAAVI). SAAVI is a non-profit, non-partisan community organization to serve specific issues of South Asian Americans through advocacy, education, and outreach efforts (www.saa-vi.org).
DF Night (Documentary Film Night) will feature one documentary film on the second Monday of every month, from 6-8pm during the 2013-2014 school year. Films featured touch on international themes, and topics that explore diversity within the U.S. Event organized by North Quad Programming in collaboration with the AskWith Media Library. For more information about the full series, please visit: http://northquad.umich.edu/documentary-film-night/.
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