Under Construction - UC Films

This is the filmmaker’s journey through the alleys of development, cutting across multi ethno-cultural routes, tracing the disconnect, what lies behind the information hole.

A special collection of 3 short films on HIV/AIDS. (Available on DVD in India only).

Private knowledge vs Public good: A story about HIV/AIDS drugs and patents.

Is it all fair in AIDS treatment?

A real life story of transition; an ancient civilization being invaded and obliterated by the modern democracy.

The intricate connections between the land, people, animals and food; an incisive look at policies that are dismantling these organic linkages, resulting in an artificial separation of livestock and agriculture.

One cactus stands between hope and hunger – Hoodia, a cactus used by Bushmen for centuries, has caught the attention of a giant pharmaceutical company.

A film about the swimming ponds of Hampstead Heath, the campaign to keep them open and the national campaign for the right to swim.

A series of three films that explores the diverse cultures of work in Bangalore’s software outsourcing industry.

A hapless filmmaker and his two local guides explore the conflict surrounding the Vedanta mines in Orissa.

A chronicle of the passage of seasons over scattered habitations tucked amidst Himalayan frontiers between India and Tibet, mapped by historic facts and fantastic tales.

The heroic efforts of Nandigram’s people to protect their land from being taken away in the name of industrialisation and development.

Dharavi, India’s biggest slum, is to be knocked down, changing the lives of up to a million people forever.

A concise, moving account of a long forgotten people – Bhutani refugees who have lived in Nepali camps for over a decade and half, and still wait.

The story of Sajida Khan, a South African woman with a hazardous dumpsite on her doorstep.

Farmers’ suicides in Moonak & Lehra blocks in the southern dry zone of Punjab’s Sangrur district.

How is globalisation making the current food crisis?

An exploration of the various meanings of the World Social Forum as an event and process as well as its historical importance coming out of 500 years of colonialism, developmentalism and neo-liberalism.

How the process of planning and development works by excluding, if necessary by force, the poor and the marginalized.

Stories of disillusionment, and sometimes, empowerment, that reflect the enormity of the Nepali migrant’s journey.