Indian documentary Writing With Fire has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at the 94th edition of the Academy Awards.

Writing With Fire: All you need to know about India's first Oscar-nominated documentary

Writing With Fire: All You Need To Know About India's First Oscar Nominated Documentary

Writing With Fire, which was hailed by The Washington Post as the "most inspiring journalism movie" and The New York Times as "nothing short of galvanising", has become the first Indian documentary feature to get an Oscar nomination.

Directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, both debutantes, Writing With Fire chronicles the rise of Khabar Lahariya.

Writing With Fire documents the inspiring story of Khabar Lehriya, a vibrant community newspaper in multiple dialects -- Bundeli, Avadhi and Bajjika -- run by women from marginalised communities in Bihar's Sitamarhi district and UP's Banda district.

The narrative of Writing With Fire, which won top awards at last year's Sundance Film Festival, traces the journey of the newspaper from the print to the digital medium, with the women leading it becoming daring smartphone journalists.

The documentary supported by the Sundance Institute was documentary was shot over five years.

It follows the paths of the newspaper's chief reporter and the crime reporter as they negotiate what can at times be a difficult and dangerous world for women like them.

The story of the citizen journalists who run Khabar Lehriya and have overseen its makeover from print to digital has been greeted with high praise by just about every film trade magazine in the United States.

The festival favourite film follows this ambitious group of Dalit wonder women led by their chief reporter, Meera as the team switches from print to digital in order to stay relevant.

Armed with smartphones and the courage and conviction one must be born with, they investigate the incompetence of the local police force.

The team also listens to and stand by victims of caste and gender violence, and challenge long-standing, harmful practices that lead to injustice and intimidation.

The nominations were announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan on February 8, 2022 evening via the Twitter page of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Other nominees in the category are: Ascension, Attica, Flee, and Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).

The Oscar awards ceremony is scheduled to be held on March 27.

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