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1-800-INDIA
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for white-collar "outsourcing" jobs -- a notable component of India's rapid economic growth. A dramatic and personal film, "1-800-INDIA" explores the experience of young Indian men and women who have been recruited into these new jobs requiring long hours, night shifts, and westernized work habits. The film reveals the human and cultural impact of a sweeping global trend, exploring its effect on Indian family life, on the evolving landscape of Indian cities and towns, and on the aspirations and daily lives of young Indians, especially women, entering the work force.
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Producer Anna Cater has worked in documentaries for the past 15 years. Her most recent documentary, FRANK HURLEY-THE MAN WHO MADE HISTORY, an historical biography of an Australian photographer, was produced for the ABC, BBC, AVRO in the Netherlands, NDR in Germany and HISTORY TELEVISION in Canada. Anna began her career in journalism with THE CANBERRA TIMES and has written for newspapers around the world. She has worked for the aid agencies Oxfam UK and Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, the Australian Council of Social Services, and ABC RADIO NATIONAL's "Background Briefing" and ABC TV's FOUR CORNERS programs. Her investigative film BUSH BUGARUP, about corruption in the PNG timber industry, won a gold medal at the New York Festival.
Director Safina Uberoi's recent film MY MOTHER INDIA, about her Australian mother's love affair with India, won 11 major international awards including the New South Wales Premiers Award, Australia's highest literary award for script writing. She recently directed a documentary on British Asian writer Meera Syal for BBC2's series WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE. Previous documentaries include THE BRIDES OF KHAN, a portrait of a Sydney wedding photographer, and FAITH, a film on the religious beliefs of people in a slum on the banks of Delhi's river Yamuna.
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