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JOHN & JANE TOLL-FREE / Ashim Ahluwalia INDIA, 2005, 86 MIN AN HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS PRESENTATION A vast fluorescent-lit room in an anonymous compound in India - welcome to the world of overseas call centers. Indian by day, American by night - so they can accommodate U.S. business hours - the young men and women profiled here struggle to have their share of the American Dream. Many of these 1-800 callers learn to identify completely with their American aliases and to reject their traditional values. Cultural imperialism has never looked more scary or more complete in this ferocious, funny and ingeniously constructed film. Ashim Ahluwalia was born in Bombay in 1972. He studied film at Bard College in New York State, and in 1999 he set up Film Republic to produce independent Indian films outside the traditional “Bollywood” system. His documentary films include Thin Air (2000) and John & Jane Toll-Free.

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