'Writing With Fire' is up for an Oscar. But its subjects say they're misrepresented
The documentary tells the story of a news outlet run by women from marginalized communities. The directors are thrilled by the nomination. But the reporters say their full story wasn't told.
It's been a month of highs – and controversies – for Writing With Fire, a documentary from India about Khabar Lahariya, the country's only major news outlet run by women from marginalized communities. The journalists focus on rural reporting through a feminist lens and are led by chief reporter Meera Devi.
The movie is one of five nominees in the Oscar category of best documentary (feature). But the reporters themselves are now expressing dissatisfaction with the way they are portrayed.
The documentary opens in a mud-walled house in northern India with Meera Devi sitting across from a woman who recounts how four men broke into her house and raped her.
"They [people in positions of political power or of a
