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Indian documentary 'Writing With Fire' gets nominated for Academy Awards 2022

Indian documentary 'Writing With Fire' has made it to the top five nominations in the best documentary feature category announced for the Academy Awards on Tuesday, becoming the first Indian feature documentary to do so.

Directed by filmmakers Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, the film narrates the story of journalists behind the running of the Dalit women-led newspaper Khabar Lahariya, and the shift they make from print to digital journalism aided by smartphones.