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1-800-INDIA
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 9 P.M.
(Encore) 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, late-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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Director Safina Uberoi is best known for her documentary, MY MOTHER INDIA, about her Australian mother's love affair with India. The film won 11 major international awards, including the NSW Premier's Award, and had a highly successful theatrical release in Australia. Recently Uberoi directed a documentary on British Asian writer, Meera Syal, for the BBC 2 series, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE. Her other documentaries include THE BRIDES OF KHAN, a half-hour portrait of a Sydney wedding photographer that was part of the HYBRID LIFE series on SBS TELEVISION.
Producer Anna Cater recently produced the highly successful ABC Australia/BBC documentary FRANK HURLEY -- THE MAN WHO MADE HISTORY. Previously she was the associate producer of the award-winning PRIMAL INSTINCTS series on the science of human emotions. Cater began her career as a journalist and worked on ABC Australia's FOUR CORNERS program, where her investigative film, BUSH BUGARUP, about corruption in the Papua New Guinea timber industry, won a gold medal at the New York Festival.
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