Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night

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Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night
Directed by Sonali Gulati
Written by Sonali Gulati
Distributed by Women Make Movies
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
27 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night is a 2005 documentary film by filmmaker Sonali Gulati.

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This film explores business process outsourcing in India. Told from the perspective of an Indian living in the United States, the film provides a glimpse into India's call centers, where telemarketers acquire American names and accents to service the telephone-support industry of the U.S. The film incorporates animation as a way to build in personal narrative in a doodle-like manner. It also includes live action footage which takes the form of cinema verité and innovatively edited interviews, and archival footage that provides contextual analysis to the socio-political history of globalization and capitalism. The film is a commentary on identity in the new millennium that intersects diaspora with global outsourcing. It was first shown at the 2005 Margaret Mead Film Festival. [1]

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References

  1. "Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival". www.amnh.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2005.