- The nuances of human trafficking
By Rina Mukherji
Understanding Trafficking stresses the difference between women who migrate and join the sex trade and women who are trafficked into the sex trade
- Dangerous tastes
By Pradeep Baisakh
With the first genetically modified food poised to enter the Indian market, a timely documentary entitled Poison on the Platter shows how little the Indian public knows about what it is consuming
- How a mouse can change your life
By Huned Contractor
The documentary film Chhoti Si Asha shows how teaching school dropouts computer skills can help them find new livelihood opportunities
- The travails of Bagh Bahadur
By Manjira Majumdar
Kaler Rakhal explores the cultural displacement and loss of livelihood of West Bengal’s bahurupis (performing artists) in the time of ‘development’
- The politics of popular culture
By Deepti Priya Mehrotra
By reconstructing the life of Rasoolan Bai, well-known tawaif and thumri singer from Varanasi, The Other Song illustrates how romance and physicality were obliterated from culture
- The mean seas
By Rina Mukherji
The Centre for Science and Environment’s documentary, Mean Sea Level, looks at the human tragedy behind the statistics of internal displacement due to rising sea levels and erosion in the Sunderbans. But, says the reviewer, for such an important and topical subject, the film could have explored other angles and presented a more holistic picture
- Life is beautiful
By Huned Contractor
C Vanaja’s award-winning film documents the grit and gumption of four HIV-positive widows in Andhra Pradesh
- Killing us slowly…
By Huned Contractor
Sumit Khanna’s documentary Mere Desh Ki Dharti investigates pesticide overuse in Punjab, and its deadly impact