JOHN AND JANE
dir. Ashim Ahluwalia, 2005
78 mins. India.
In English with English subtitles.

THURSDAY, JUNE 02 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 12 – 5:00 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 14 – 10:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 – 7:30 PM

JOHN AND JANE centers on the personal and professional lives of six telemarketers working in a Bombay call center. Tasked with cajoling American customers into buying things, the workers single-mindedly chase the American dream in neoliberal India. Darkly comic and deeply unnerving, the refreshingly unconventional style of the documentary blurs the line between fact and fiction and provides a sobering look at the insidious effects of globalization on culture and identity in a highly unequal world.

“Call it George A. Romero’s Bollywood OFFICE SPACE … an enraged critique of Western excess that you can dance to.” – Slant Magazine