In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.... (Full plot summary below)
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In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.
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| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonWriting With Fire, directed by Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, tags along with these remarkable women as they go about their work. Viewers sit in on editorial meetings and training sessions, and go out in the field...It’s well worth seeking out. |
| Film ThreatBrian ShaerWriting with Fire accomplishes what any good documentary should—it allows the viewer a visit a world that they might never even have known to exist. |
| VarietyJessica KiangThomas and Ghosh have found their angle, and it’s a powerful one. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Aparita BhandariI’m fascinated by these women who cover dangerous ground – treading centuries of patriarchy and caste prejudice with measure and grace. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerPerhaps most heartening about Writing With Fire is how the film doesn’t discount the personal toll on these women. Crusaders though they may be, they voice throughout the film their deep doubts and fears. |
| The New York TimesDevika GirishAt a time when the profession faces increasing dangers in India, the film’s faith in the powers of grassroots journalism is nothing short of galvanizing. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyWriting with Fire is a powerful piece of work, although it moves at a mostly slow and steady pace. |
| Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganConcise and crucial, Writing with Fire adeptly and urgently conveys the necessity of journalism—especially in places that actively try to suppress its reach. |
| The Hollywood ReporterInkoo KangDirected by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, the documentary is best at offering a peek into the lives of Khabar Lahariya’s scrappy, self-made women, who are well aware that they are claiming for themselves a profession largely occupied by upper-class men. |
| Screen DailyAmber WilkinsonWhether the pen is mightier than the sword may be up for debate, but as this engaging and hopeful documentary by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh shows, words have the power to change things when wielded carefully. |
