Overview:
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.| Status: | Released (2021-01-30) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 32 wins & 18 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $28,262 |
| Productions: | Black Ticket Films, Sundance Institute, The Bertha Foundation, Finnish Film Foundation, IDFA Bertha Fund, Gucci, AVEK, Sørfond, JW Documentaries, Sant & Usant, Doc Society, BBC Storyville, SVT, YLE, DR TV, Tribeca Film Institute, Chicken & Egg Films, San Francisco Film Society |
| Production Countries: | India |
| Spoken Languages: | हिन्दी, English |
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- 2183025: Patty Quillin - Executive Producer - Production
- 2644593: Rintu Thomas - Producer - Production
- 2644593: Rintu Thomas - Director - Directing
- 2644592: Sushmit Ghosh - Director - Directing
- 2644592: Sushmit Ghosh - Producer - Production
- 1790242: Tajdar Junaid - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 2644592: Sushmit Ghosh - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
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I don’t get excited about documentary films very often, but “Writing With Fire” is one that I loved from start to finish. The filmmaking team of Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh have crafted an inspiring feature about the women journalists who run Khabar Lahariya, India’s only all-fema ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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I have nothing but respect for these women journalists. I give them ten stars each and collectively for their courage and determination. Having said that, for me this documentary about them falls a bit short of what it should be under the circumstances There are two reasons I say ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Traditionally, I alway think of India as a nation littered with newspaper journalism but I hadn't quite clocked that the vast majority of that was run by men higher up the caste system than the "untouchable" Dalit women who decided to set up their own publication in the northern prov ....
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