'OSCAR' 2022 SPECIAL!

INDIAN DOCUMENTARY FOR 'OSCAR'!

Director Rintu Thomas with the poster of her documentary 'Writing with Fire'!

This time there is a proud moment for our Indian documentary makers, that Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh made 'Writing with Fire' has been nominated for 'Oscar's 'Documentary (Feature)' award section! Congratulations!!

It's about 'Khabar Lahariya'..India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. They are publishing this in various rural dialects. These journalists are using smartphones to shoot news in remote areas! This documentary was premiered at 'Sundance Film Festival' & won two awards!

There are other four documentaries in this section. These are..Chinese-American Jessica Kingdon's 'Ascension' about inside perspective on modern China, American Stanley Nelson & Traci Curry directed 'Attica' about racism & violence on the backdrop of 1971 prison rebellion uprising, American musician Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's 'Summer of Soul' about 1969 Harlem cultural festival celebrated black pride & unity and Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Danish animated ducudrama 'Flee' about self-discovery in hidden past!

As usual there are more, 3 documentaries by American filmmakers. Apart from that, 'Writing with Fire' & 'Ascension' are the contemporaries in this section!

This 94th 'Oscars' ceremony will be held on Sunday, 27th March, 2022.

Best wishes to these documentaries!!

- Manoj Kulkarni