Seems like all film festivals are interested in a plot that explores social issues of our times. If you were asked/forced to write a story on a social issue what would you write on? This is exactly what I was faced with. So I decided to put together a list of topics to spin my plot around.
Here is the definition: A social issue is any controversial issue/problem/topic that affects the members of a society.
- Poverty
- Unemployment
- Crime Rates
- Low Mortality Rates
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Underage Drinking
- Social Discrimination
- Xenophobia, racism, extremism
- Teen Pregnancy
- Sexism
- Pollution
- Gay marriage
- Censorship
- Gun control
- Financial/ Economic Policies (Banking, Housing loans, Stocks)
- Living standards and social security
- Health care
- Corruption, party cronyism and nepotism in public life
- Politics, quality of democracy
- Ethnic problems
- Education
- Housing
- Judiciary, rule of law
- Transportation and basic infrastructure
- Environment
- Regional and local problems
- Public administration, bureaucracy
- Foreign policy
- Immigration, Smuggling people/border crossing
- Culture
- Issues of the elderly population
- Issues of the disabled population
- Issues of the diseased population
Wikipedia has a whole lot more.
What do you think? Is this of any use?
