Writing with Fire
2021 · Movie · PG-13 · 97 min · ★ 7.3 · 92% critics
In a male-dominated news world, a group of Dalit women run a newspaper and push into digital reporting with smartphones. As they cover major issues and challenge entrenched power, they also navigate pressure at home and in public, showing what it takes to claim a voice and demand accountability.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-01-30
- Language
- Hindi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (33 votes)
About
If you enjoy inspiring, real-world documentaries about people challenging power and tradition, this should land well, especially if you liked House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths; Not for you if you want light viewing or tidy resolutions.
Pros: inspiring women-led journalism; urgent real-world issues; engaging and accessible | Cons: limited follow-up outcomes; restrained emotional intensity; some stories feel brief
Themes
- journalist
- india
- social documentary
- women's issues
- pioneer women
- women's rights
- political documentary
- social & cultural documentary
- women and society
- friendship between women
- women power
- powerful woman
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary · 2021
- Sundance World Cinema Special Jury Prize Documentary · 2021
Cast & crew
- MD
Meera Devi
as Self
- SP
Suneeta Prajapati
as Self
- SD
Shyamkali Devi
as Self
Directed by Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas