Call Center Blues

A cinematic tale of deportation, migration, displacement and opportunistic capitalism, Call Center Blues follows four characters as they struggle to make sense of their lives in Tijuana. Each with a vastly different story, they are all linked by their displacement and the sole choice of call center work they have in a country that is so unfamiliar and oftentimes frightening, yet other times a ray of hope. Tijuana becomes their home, a place defined by the border but yet defiant towards it, a no man's land where everything and everyone feels transient. These characters paint a picture of love, loss and longing - for home, for an American Dream deferred, and for justice.

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photo of Geeta Gandbhir

Credits

Director:

Geeta Gandbhir

Executive Producer:

Ryan Chanatry, Anna Holmes, Gena Konstantinakos

Producer:

Jessica Devaney

Cinematographer:

Asad Faruqi

Editor:

Viridiana Lieberman

Sound Designer:

Filipe Messeder

Music:

Laura Heinzinger

Additional Credits:

Field Producer: Abraham Ávila, Sound Recordist & Additional Cinematography: Juan Manuel Gonzalez Felix, Co-Producer: Lisa Valencia-Svensson, Co-Executive Producer: Anya Rous, Associate Producer(s): Colleen Cassingham, Paulette Marte, Consulting Producer: Patricia Benabe, Production Assistant(s): David Reyes, Jot Sahi, Supervising Producer(s): Jeff Seelbach, Jennie Bedusa, Assistant Editor: Emily Pederson

Contact

Distributor:

Jeff Seelback
jeffrey.seelbach@firstlook.org

Public Film Contact:

Jessica Devaney
Multitude Films
jessica@multitudefilms.com
561-373-4701

Publicity Contact:

Jessica Devaney
jessica@multitudefilms.com
5613734701

Sales Agent:

No

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2020
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Runtime:
24 mins