Everything you must learn about Oscar-nominated Indian documentary Writing with Fire

Indian documentary Writing with Fire, helmed by filmmakers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, has scored a nomination on the 94th Academy Awards within the Best Documentary Feature class. The documentary has been nominated alongside Ascension, Attica, Flee and Summer of the Soul (Or When the Revolution Could not be Televised). Writing with Fire is the one Indian title that has gotten nominated at this yr’s Oscar awards.
Here’s all the things you must learn about Writing with Fire
What is Writing with Fire about?
Writing with Fire spotlights the agricultural newspaper run by Dalit girls known as Khabar Lahariya. The newspaper was began in 2002 by Delhi primarily based NGO Nirantar from Chitrakoot in Bundelkhand area. Writing with Fire exhibits Khabar Lahariya’s transition from print to digital lately. The movie follows Meera and her fellow journalists as they get acquainted with new know-how while questioning patriarchy, investigating incompetence of the police power, and reporting tales about victims of caste and gender violence.

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What the world is saying about Writing with Fire
In a web-based dialog with the filmmakers, feminist icon Gloria Steinem appreciated the movie for its “real life, not concocted life”. She added, “India is my second home. I lived there for two years after college. We (the US and India) are the two biggest, most diverse democracies in the world. We need each other, and need to learn from each other.” She known as the movie “a revelation in all kinds of ways. It makes clear that literacy has been a barrier to journalism for all the time I have been alive.”
Variety known as the movie “rousing, inspirational tribute to the pride of grassroots Indian journalism.” The Hollywood Reporter wrote in its overview, “The film’s sense of intimacy and immediacy makes the viewer feel like they’re on a ride-along with the journalists, who are almost always bathed in flattering, natural light.”
The Washington Post known as it “the most inspiring journalism movie – maybe ever.”

Other vital honours
Writing with Fire had its world premiere on the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, the place it received two awards – The Audience Award and a Special Jury Award. Since then, it has bagged greater than 20 worldwide awards.
The movie presently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.