Telemarketers

Know when to hang up.

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Release Date

8/13/2023

Runtime

3 eps, 174 mins

Genres

Documentary

Overview

This docuseries chronicles the darkly comedic, unexpected 20-year journey of two unlikely office buddies, who stumble upon the murky truth behind the work they’ve been doing at a seedy New Jersey call center – persuading people to give money to charities – and vow to expose the crooked American telemarketing industry from within.

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Budget

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Two office workers uncover a decades-long grift at their telemarketing call center and become unlikely whistleblowers against a corrupt industry. It's a darkly funny reckoning with complicity and small-time criminality in American capitalism.

Mood

AbsurdDefiantAngryContemplative

Themes

CorruptionFriendshipJusticeClass

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-likeHandheld

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Addiction

Sam Lipman-Stern

Self

Pat Pespas

Self

Sarah Kleiner

Self

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