Dir:
Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh
Writing With Fire
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh directed the Academy Award-nominated Writing with Fire, which explores the online publication Khabar Lahariya. Set against a cluttered Indian news landscape dominated by men, Khabar Lahariya is the only outlet completely run by Dalit women as they break from journalistic traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.
Awards & Recognition
🍅 100% Certified Fresh, boasting 32 wins and 17 nominations!
2022 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, and winner of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. The film also played and won several awards at various prestigious film festivals, including TIFF, Hot Docs, Sundance, AFI Fest, Telluride, and many more!
Focuses on the brave journalists of Khabar Lahariya, India's only women-led newspaper, and has been praised for its powerful storytelling and social relevance.
"At a time when the profession faces increasing dangers in India, the film's faith in the powers of grassroots journalism is nothing short of galvanizing." -New York Times
“We will hardly find a story as inspiring, powerful, and moving as that of these working class women who, against everything and everyone, do journalism out of sheer honesty and conviction” - Otroscines.com
2022 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, and winner of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. The film also played and won several awards at various prestigious film festivals, including TIFF, Hot Docs, Sundance, AFI Fest, Telluride, and many more!
Focuses on the brave journalists of Khabar Lahariya, India's only women-led newspaper, and has been praised for its powerful storytelling and social relevance.
"At a time when the profession faces increasing dangers in India, the film's faith in the powers of grassroots journalism is nothing short of galvanizing." -New York Times
“We will hardly find a story as inspiring, powerful, and moving as that of these working class women who, against everything and everyone, do journalism out of sheer honesty and conviction” - Otroscines.com
