Students from the department of social communications media (scm) at sophia polytechnic are back with their annual showcase of documentaries, photographs and advertising campaigns
Students from the department of social communications media (scm) at sophia polytechnic are back with their annual showcase of documentaries, photographs and advertising campaigns
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It's been a frantic six months for 40 students of Social Communications Media (SCM). Much of it was spent working around-the-clock to create visual art on social issues. The result: four documentaries, four ad campaigns, 60 photographs on nature and a college magazine called Redefining Limits. 
SCM 2010 is an annual event where students get the chance to showcase socially-relevant documentaries and visual art. This year, the four documentaries, each 25-minutes long, tackle varied topics including homosexuality in urban India, cultural changes among Sindhis in Mumbai, child sexual abuse and the urgent need for ecological conservation.
Neha Khetan whose documentary EnGAYging Lives puts the spotlight on alternate sexuality, says her team chose the topic since it brought them out of their comfort zone. "We attended Gay Bombay meets and realised that a gay relationship faces the same insecurities and issues as a heterosexual one," explains the 23 year-old. EnGAYging Lives tracks homosexual men and women to understand the struggle they face, the dynamics they share with family and friends and how the decriminalisation of Section 377 has impacted their lives.
Sindhustani discusses the success of Sindhis in the city, post Partition. But not without paying a "terrible" price.u00a0 "Today, the language and culture is fading. The younger generation is oblivious of their own festivals and customs," says director Kriti Ahuja.
The third documentary titled, Speak Up! It's Not Your Fault focuses on two victims of child sexual abuse who talk about how an unfortunate incident affected them and how they went on to cope with it. One of the victims herself is a student of SCM.
While We Were Not Watching stresses on the need to conserve mangroves in the city and the damage done to nature by indiscriminate urbanisation.
The four advertising campaigns are not spared of a message either. Misuse of emergency contraceptive pills, dementia among the elderly, childhood obesity and relationship abuse are discussed.
Priced at Rs 20, the latest edition of Redefining Limits features articles on ecologist Vandana Shiva, and activist Sathinath Sarangi who is crusading for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
At: AV Room, Sophia Polytechnic, Bhulabhai Desai Road.
Till: February 28,
From 11.30 am to 8 pm
Call: 23513157u00a0
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