Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night (2005)
- Directed by
- Sonali Gulati
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 27 min
- Rating
- 0.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An Indian filmmaker living in the U.S. examines Indian call centers where workers adopt American names and accents. The film mixes animation, interviews, and archival footage to explore identity and globalization.
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What happens
Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night is a 2005 documentary film by filmmaker Sonali Gulati. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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