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Women journalists from India’s lowest caste who’ve found success in digital news profiled in stand-out Sundance Film Festival documentary
Writing with Fire, the debut feature by New Delhi-based married couple Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, is a stand-out in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.The filmmakers have deftly woven the story of three brave, extraordinary young women journalists who have experienced unprecedented success via India’s first digital news agency, Khabar Lahariya. What makes this all the more exceptional is that the women belong to the Dalit caste – the lowest caste in…