The second film we watched was Slumdog Millionaire; the story of the film's commercial success rivals the story of the main character's commercial success. Nearly released straight to video in the U.S., it ended up capturing a raft of academy awards earlier this year.So here's one question we talked about: Is Slumdog Millionaire an Indian film? An English film? An American film? Does it exemplify the dangers of globalization (and capitalisim) or does it highlight the benefits of "glocalization"--a global reference and intelligibility situated within the context of a particular culture and place?Here's another: does the film exploit the poverty in India, turning it into a type of poverty porn--or does it raise consciousness in a helpful way, within the limits of and with the tools of its genre?Anyone else see it?