'What happens when women reclaim the spaces that are designed to exclude them?' Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rintu Thomas speaks to CNN
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One of the directors of the highly acclaimed Indian documentary, "Writing with Fire," talks to As Equals editor, Eliza Anyangwe about her film and what she learned from its protagonists.
The documentary about the journalists who work at Khabar Lahariya made the rounds of the 2021 festival circuit, collecting accolades as it went. On Sunday March 27, its directors -- Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh -- and protagonists will find out if they get arguably the most prestigious award of them all: the Oscar for best Documentary Feature.
President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.