Sundance Film Festival 2021: Writing With Fire, Indian documentary about Khabar Lahariya, wins audience award
Writing With Fire, which marks the feature debut of directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, follows the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women.
FP Staff
February 03, 2021 11:37:07 IST
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Writing with Fire, an Indian film chronicling the rise of
Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women, has won the audience award in the World Cinema Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 2021.
The festival, which started from 28 January and will close on 3 February, is presented by Sundance Organisation, a nonprofit that discovers and supports independent artists, and introduces audiences to their work.