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These works typically offer sociopolitical commentary along with the fishing and sleeping bags — and “The Colony” is no different.

Particularly when underserved audiences are living in the aftermath of devastating fires or escalating sociopolitical upheaval, Mello says.

Its worthwhile sociopolitical points and allegiances — it stands with women, immigrants and the poor, for natural dignity against mere manners — are writ large; its emotional entanglements are operatic, its heist narrative the stuff of pulp fiction, the boxing story the stuff of beat-them-to-a-pulp fiction.

This year’s Oscar-nominated live-action shorts place viewers in the shoes of people on the front lines of thorny sociopolitical issues, including immigration and child labor.

Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s film doesn’t tackle big sociopolitical issues, but it’s just as compelling as documentaries that do.