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Offshore Review It's the Cowboys versus the Indians all over again. Only this time, the cowboys are the American blue-collar workers and the Indians are, well, Indians specifically, those living in the computer age and working in call centres. |
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Cowboys v/s Indians A highly debated global issue like outsourcing is extremely well presented through Offshore in just 90 minutes of duration. |
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Offshore Review If there's one definitive message Offshore sends out, it's that the call centre industry is ripe with stories that are waiting to be tapped. |
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Emerging filmmakers shine at Filmi fest Although Filmi, Toronto's South Asian film festival, focuses on the small independent flicks, one of its discoveries will be making the big time. |
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Films use comedy to take edge off deeper issues Set in the Detroit area, "Offshore" tells the familiar story of what many Americans face today - outsourcing. It's a truthful comedy in an age when more and more jobs are being shipped overseas. |
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Film festival's offerings have a distinctly international flavor As people enter the East Lansing Film Festival this weekend, they can expect new experiences. That includes this one: Hey, when was the last time you saw a movie made in Detroit and Bombay? |
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ELFF more reviews A greedy company suddenly switches to a call center in India, forcing its employees to train the people who will replace them. |
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Offshore Screened at ELFF The film Offshore that I have reviewed and been following the progress of from production to distribution is one step closer to the distribution end. |
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Political films gain traction, encourage action A Middle Eastern nation divided by civil war. Chinese children forced to make blue jeans. Ethiopian farmers struggling against unfair trade policies. Workers losing their jobs to outsourcing. These are some of the issues that will be brought to light in film in this year’s East Lansing Film Festival. |
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Bangalore, BPOs and more... The Michigan-based bespectacled lady has a knack of making one comfortable the instant she starts speaking. Passionate about filmmaking, Diane has just finished her first feature film Offshore, based on, what else but outsourcing a boon to some, a bane to many... |
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Offshore - Corporate Screening On February 1, 2007, the film was screened for a company that helps establish these ventures. |
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The Pain and The Gain on Celluloid (Movie on Offshoring) The movie is about how employees of a small American business react when their jobs are outsourced to India. |
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Film captures anger over outsourcing Brighton resident Deb Tunis deals with everyday people who have lost their jobs due to outsourcing, and knows their pain and frustration. |
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Offshore - Made in Michigan Offshore is, per the movie’s tagline, a corporate tale of cowboys and Indians. The film examines the lives of workers affected by the outsourcing of a call center in the U.S. to India. It follows both the American and Indian employees. |
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Brighton woman co-stars in new movie about offshoring Deb Tunis plays the main American character in the international cast of the movie “Offshore,” which was shot in the metro Detroit area and halfway around the world, in Bombay, India. |
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The Job Market: "Offshore" Shoots in India and Troy, MI "Offshore" is an independent feature examining how the employees of a small American business react when their jobs are outsourced to a call center in India. |
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