Writing with Fire

A powerful behind-the-scenes documentary about KHABAR LAHARIYA, an Indian news platform run by women from the socially ostracized Dalit underclass, WRITING WITH FIRE offers an inspirational portrait of courage, determination and grace under pressure. Co-directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh also give this politically charged story a personal dimension, exploring how the publication’s impressively tough editor and two junior reporters wrestle with domestic and family pressures while pursuing high-risk stories about murder and corruption. This Sundance prizewinner became the first ever Indian Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature.