Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Writing With Fire’ wins Peabody Award

Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Writing With Fire’ wins Peabody Award

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Category : Awards Published on: May 12 2023

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Rintu Thomas and Sishmit Ghosh’s Oscar-nominated documentary “Writing With Fire” won the Peabody Award in the Documentary category recently.
The documentary is about the only Dalit-women-led newspaper in the country: Khabar Lahariya and their shift to digital journalism after 14 years of print.
The Peabody announced the 35 winners for the year 2022 on 10 May, Wednesday.
The 83rd Peabody Awards are sponsored by UBS, the world’s leading global wealth manager.
‘Writing With Fire’ was the first Indian feature documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Apart from this, it has also won accolades at Belfast Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival among others.
Peabody previously announced four specialty awards including NBC News’ TODAY as an Institutional Award winner; Lily Tomlin was named winner of the Peabody Career Achievement Award; Issa Rae won the Peabody Trailblazer Award; and Shari Frilot was named the winner of the Visionary Award.

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