Synopsis

In a male-dominated media landscape, India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women, Khabar Lahariya (News Wave), is blazing a trail. Armed with smartphones, these journalists break with tradition – whether on the frontlines of India’s biggest problems or in their own homes. A film about fearless journalists who, in the face of a hostile patriarchy and the rise of the right, have recognized the impactful power of investigative journalism.

The Austrian premiere of a powerful, inspiring documentary about rural news media from Uttar Pradesh, run solely by women from marginalised communities, literally at the bottom of the social pyramid, covering India’s biggest social issues – rape, corruption, poverty, discrimination…

Khabar Lahariya team

Khabar Lahariya is an institutional member of the IPI global network. Learn more about their work here.

The documentary was screened online on December 8 at 18:00 and available for 48 hours after that.

IPI is partnering with this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival for the seventh consecutive year.

Bonus video material

IPI interviewed Priya Thuvassery, a filmmaker and Director at Chambal Media, a digital media enterprise that runs and manages Khabar Lahariya. This interview will be available here and on the festival’s online hub.

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“Writing with Fire” trailer

 

“Writing with Fire” I 93 min I IN/Eng. I A Black Ticket Films production

  • Date: Wednesday, Dec. 8
  • Time: 18:00 CET (available for 48 hours)
  • Tickets: get your ticket here. All films are available throughout Austria and can be streamed for a period of 48 hours at this human world festival hub
  • Language: Original version with English subtitles.
  • Questions? Ask Milica Miletic, IPI Events