2021 · documentary · social · feminist
Writing with Fire
Directed by Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas1h 37m2021
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
Our read: Writing with Fire (2021) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded documentary · social · feminist entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured documentary / social, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
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