‘Writing With Fire’- First Indian Documentary Feature to Get an Oscar Nomination

‘Writing With Fire,’ dubbed ‘the most inspiring journalism movie’ by The Washington Post and ‘nothing short of galvanising’ by The New York Times, has turn out to be the primary Indian documentary function to obtain an Oscar nomination. ‘Writing With Fire,‘ directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, tells the inspiring story of ‘Khabar Lehriya,’ a vigorous group newspaper revealed by ladies from marginalised communities in Bihar’s Sitamarhi area and UP’s Banda district in a number of dialects — Bundeli, Avadhi, and Bajjika.Also Read – 5 Oscar-Nominated Short Films That Are Too-Good-to-Miss The narrative of ‘Writing With Fire’, which received high awards eventually 12 months’s Sundance Film Festival, traces the journey of the newspaper from the print to the digital medium, with the ladies main it changing into daring smartphone journalists. Also Read – Meet Riz Ahmed, Who’s Created Oscar History as First Muslim Nominated in Lead Actor Category Supported by the Sundance Institute, the documentary was shot over 5 years, following the paths of the newspaper’s chief reporter and the crime reporter as they negotiate what can at occasions be a tough and harmful world for girls like them. Also Read – Oscar Nominations 2021 LIVE: When And Where to Watch Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas Making Announcement

The story of the citizen journalists who run ‘Khabar Lehriya’ and have overseen its makeover from print to digital has been greeted with excessive reward by nearly each movie commerce journal within the United States. The San Francisco Chronicle, although, might have nailed it when it stated, “Even (Bob) Woodward and (Carl) Bernstein would be inspired by the women reporters of India’s ‘Writing with Fire,” The two American journalists with ‘Washington Post’ had blown the lid off the Watergate scandal within the Seventies, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. (With inputs from IANS)