December 13 19:30-22.00 CET
2nd THEATRE SCREENING at the Lumiere
(Rintu Thomas/Sushmit Ghosh, 92 min, 2021)
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit (oppressed caste) women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, be it on the frontlines of India's biggest issues or within the confines of their homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
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Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh are award-winning director/ producers from India whose work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Institute, Doc Society, SFF Film Fund, IDFA, The Bertha Foundation, Sorfond and the Finnish Film Foundation, among others. Rintu and Sushmit are also Sundance Fellows, who enjoy producing films that have the power to create transformative social impact. In 2009, they founded Black Ticket Films, a production company invested in the power of non-fiction storytelling with a strong eye for social justice stories. Five years in the making, Writing With Fire is their first feature documentary. |
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Malini Ghose, is presently completing her PhD at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Göttingen. She is one of the founding members of Nirantar, a New Delhi based resource centre for gender and education. She has worked in the field of education and women’s rights for nearly 30 years as a grassroots practitioner, trainer, material and curriculum developer, researcher and activist. She has been associated with Khabar Lahariya — the organization documented in the film — since the early 1990s. Malini has an M.A. in Political Science from the New School for Social Research, New York and a B.A. in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata University. |
After the screening, Malini Ghose (CeMIS) will be in conversation with Lalit Vachani (CeMIS), who will moderate a Q & A with the audience.