Feb 9, 2022
By: Marcia Sekhose
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The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards are out, and it’s scheduled to take place on 27 March.
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Indian documentary Writing With Fire has been nominated in the category of Best Documentary Feature.
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Writing With Fire is the only title to get a nomination for Oscars 2022.
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This is also the first all-India independent production to make it to the final nomination in this category.
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Writing With Fire is about Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women.
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It documents the journey of the newspaper’s transition from print to digital, and the women journalists as they report on various issues.
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Writing With Fire has been directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.
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Writing with Fire has won more than 20 international awards. Its world premiere took place at Sundance Film Festival in 2021 where it won The Audience Award and a Special Jury Award.
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The other four nominated documentaries include Ascension, Attica, Flee and Summer of the Soul.
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