Short Film: 'The Other Side' Examines Poverty in Mumbai—“People like you don’t belong here”
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.

Lake gazes down at a still body of water from a birds-eye view, while a group of artists peacefully float in and out of the frame or work to stay at the surface. As they glide farther away and draw closer together, they reach out in collective queer and desirous exchanges — holding hands, drifting over and under their neighbors, making space, taking care of each other with a casual, gentle intimacy while they come together as individual parts of a whole. The video reflects on notions of togetherness and feminist theorist Silvia Federici’s call to “reconnect what capitalism has divided: our relation with nature, with others, and our bodies.”
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.
This documentary moves chronologically through Black representation in horror films, revealing the genre's connections to Black history.
This article discusses the classic and timeless franchise, The Smurfs.
The more we learned with each passing minute the bigger the reveal. This film ends with a serious bang and it was truly a joy to watch.