Catching up with the Vancouver International Film Fest

I apologize to those regular or irregular visitors who have noticed I fell off the blog map for a few weeks. I am packing and purging and was buried in boxes...still am actually. In between times i managed to squeeze in some free film festival seminars as part of my quest to learn more about film as i move my documentary film forward to attract people who connect with its purpose.

Yesterday i attended a seminar about Diversity. One of the films presented was called Outsourced which i will catch tomorrow but why i mention it here is because it manages in a humorous way to wrap its arms around the culture of INdia in a wonderfully charming way. Through the story of an American tasked with familiarizing Indian call center workers with things like a hamburger brand, it allows the viewer to step into diversity not by dancing around the culture cognitively but by immersing you straight into the assumptions that get made and the comedic results that emerge. i highly recommend this film for any company who is outsourcing or who is commited to helping employees understand the world they work in from many different perspectives with no one culture needing to dominate.

It is a all gain perspective. For more information head to www.viff.org and look for Outsourced.