{"id":4843,"date":"2021-02-18T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:13:51","slug":"asad-faruqis-call-center-blues-nominated-for-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/18\/asad-faruqis-call-center-blues-nominated-for-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Asad Faruqi\u2019s Call Center Blues nominated for Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani cinematographer Asad Faruqi\u2019s Call Center Blues, a short documentary by Multitude Films, has been nominated for\u00a0Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>Geeta Gandbhir directed the documentary. It examines the lives of four characters deported from the US. They are linked only by the fact of their deportation and that call center work is their only way to earn a living.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4845\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"1733\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-scaled.jpg 1733w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-1387x2048.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Asad-Faruqi-Call-Center-Blues-nominated-for-Oscars-rapidnews-dailyrapid-dailyrapidnews-1024x1513.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1733px) 100vw, 1733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tijuana, the city they live in, is a Mexican border town and has an atmosphere of transience, which no one truly calls home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese characters paint a picture of love, loss and longing \u2013 for home, for an American Dream deferred, and for justice,\u201d the\u00a0South by Southwest Conference\u00a0says on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Faruqi won an Emmy Award for the best political and government news and documentary for Armed with Faith (2018). He produced, shot and directed it.<\/p>\n<p>He has also shot A Girl in the River (2016) and Saving Face (2012) besides HBO documentaries that have won Academy and Emmy awards.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Taliban Generation (2009), another documentary he has filmed, took the Emmy and Alfred I. 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