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Sundance Film Festival 2021: Writing With Fire, Indian documentary about Khabar Lahariya, wins audience award Writing With Fire, which marks the feature debut of directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, follows the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India s only newspaper run by Dalit women. FP Staff February 03, 2021 11:37:07 IST A still from Writing with Fire. Twitter @812filmreviews
Writing with Fire, an Indian film chronicling the rise of
Khabar Lahariya, India s only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2021.
The festival, which started from 28 January and will close on 3 February, is presented by Sundance Organisation, a nonprofit that discovers and supports independent artists, and introduces audiences to their work.
Indian documentary Writing with Fire wins audience award at Sundance Film Festival
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This Indian film follows this ambitious group of Dalit women who run a newspaper.
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This Indian film follows this ambitious group of Dalit women who run a newspaper. Writing with Fire , an Indian film chronicling the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India s only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2021.
The festival, which started from January 28 and will close on February 3, is presented by Sundance Organisation, a nonprofit that discovers and supports independent artists, and introduces audiences to their work.
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“Writing with Fire”, an Indian film chronicling the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2021.
The festival, which started from January 28 and will close on February 3, is presented by Sundance Organisation, a nonprofit that discovers and supports independent artists, and introduces audiences to their work.
According to the film gala’s official website, the virtual award ceremony was remotely hosted by actor-comic Patton Oswalt on Tuesday night.
“Writing with Fire”, which also marks the feature debut of directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, follows this ambitious group of Dalit women led by their chief reporter, Meera as the team switches from print to digital in order to stay relevant.