Independent Lens - Season 23 Episode 11
Writing With Fire

In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of Indias all-female Khabar Lahariya ("News Wave") newspaper risk it all, including their own safety, to cover the countrys political, social, and local news from a women-powered perspective. From underground network to independent media empire, they defy the odds to redefine power. Nominated for an Academy Award.