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A few days from now, the winners will be announced at the most-awaited event, the Academy Awards, or Oscars, and for the first time, an Indian production is in the running for Best Documentary — Writing With Fire, directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.
"Moon Manor" (not rated, 1 hour, 43 minutes, On Demand) This witty interpretation of a novel idea that somehow steers clear of sentimentality concerns Jimmy (Jim Carrozo), an aging and uniquely original man enduring the onset of dementia, as he takes his fate into his own hands by staging his own "FUNeral" with an unusual assortment of friends. With Lou Taylor Pucci, Debra Wilson, Ricki Lake; directed by Erin Granat and Elizabeth Brissenden.
Oscar-nominated documentary “Writing With Fire” shows how a team of reporters overcomes caste and gender biases to bring light and justice to India.
Mon. Mar. 28 at 10 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Meet the fearless women journalists of India's only all-female newspaper. Nominated for an Academy Award.
Writing with Fire - the extraordinary story of a rural women-led news outlet - is vying for an Academy Award.