About the film
Writing with Fire is a 2021 Indian documentary film directed by filmmakers Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas about the journalists running the Dalit women led newspaper Khabar Lahariya, as they shift from 14-years of print to digital journalism using smartphones. It is the first Indian feature documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards on record
- Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
- Sundance World Cinema Special Jury Prize Documentary