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WRITING WITH FIRE
WRITING WITH FIRE
RINTU THOMAS, SUSHMIT GHOSH
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WRITING WITH FIRE
WRITING WITH FIRE
RINTU THOMAS, SUSHMIT GHOSH
Country
INDIA
language
HINDI
2021 year
93 Minutes

SCHEDULE

05.03.2024 / 08:00 PM/ Audi 6 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Academy Award-nominated film 'Writing With Fire' is an exploration of truth, justice, and the meaning of power through the lens of an all-women’s newsroom. With over 40 award wins, including double wins at Sundance and a Peabody for Best Documentary, Writing With Fire has played in over 200 film festivals globally. Described by the Washington Post as 'the most inspiring journalism movie, maybe ever,' Writing With Fire went on to become India's first feature documentary to be nominated for an Oscar.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
Screenplay: N/A
Director of Photography: N/A
Editor: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas, Anne Fabini
Music: Tajdar Junaid, Ishaan Chhabra
Sound: N/A
Cast: Meera, Suneeta, Shyamkali
Awards - Winner: Peabody Award (Best Documentary), Sundance Film Festival (Special Jury Award: Impact for Change, Audience Award)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Academy Award (Best Feature Documentary), Producer’s Guild of America Awards (Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures), IDA Awards (Best Feature Documentary)
Director's Biography
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RINTU THOMAS, SUSHMIT GHOSH

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh are Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Indian filmmakers. Their recent feature documentary WRITING WITH FIRE was a double Sundance winner and India's first feature documentary to be nominated for an Oscar. They are co-founders of Black Ticket Films, an award-winning production company who’s globally exhibited slate of films is being used as advocacy, impact, and education tools by institutions across the world. Their earlier films include the award-winning TIMBAKTU (2012) and the critically acclaimed DILLI (2010). Rintu and Sushmit live between Delhi and a small mountain town in Himachal Pradesh.