Films with: Uberoi, Safina

1-800-INDIA

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. This documentary 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. Also reveals the human and cultural effect on Indian family life, the evolving cities and towns, and on the aspirations and daily lives of young Indians, especially women, entering the work force. Followed by interview with Michael Elliott, editor of Time International.

DVD 4739

My mother India

During the 1960s, an Australian woman married an Indian professor and moved to his home in India. What begins as a quirky and humorous documentary about an interethnic family becomes a complex commentary on the social, political and religious events surrounding the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.

DVD 4026