‘Writing With Fire’: Film captures resolve of female journalists in India
by Peter Rainer
Mar 25, 2022
2 minutes
Many movies have dramatized the inner workings of journalism, but in terms of its subject matter, I’ve never seen one quite like the Oscar-nominated documentary “Writing With Fire.” It’s about the reporters of , (English translation: Waves of News), which began as a weekly newspaper in 2002 in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state. The paper is entirely produced, edited, and distributed by Dalit women, the lowest caste in
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