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WRITING WITH FIRE OPENS ON FRIDAY!

Prominent Indian journalists are regularly arrested and jailed for “spreading disaffection against the Indian state.” Writing With Fire chronicles the challenges and triumphs of Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper staffed entirely by Dalit women (“Untouchables”).

A determined group of fearless young women, empowered by outrage and armed with a handful of smartphones (which they’re just learning to use), give voice to the marginalized and disadvantaged whose voices are rarely heard. Writing With Fire portrays investigative reporting at its most vital: bringing to account systemic sexist violence, corruption, and cynicism.

Writing With Fire won the Audience Award at Sundance; it is nothing less than jawdropping.

Special thanks to the IU Dhar India Studies program and the IU Media School for their generous contributions.

April 1, 2, 8, 9 at 7pm • Sunday Matinees April 3 and 10 at 3pm • All screenings at the IU Radio & Television Theater

We are stubbornly sticking with our pandemic protocols and so please continue to wear a mask and bring your vaccination cards. Thank you!

Last chance to watch Servants right here, right now, in our virtual theater through Sunday night

Czechoslovakia, 1980…the totalitarian Communist regime demands allegiance from all its subjects, including the clergy. Mihal and Juraj are two conflicted novitiates whose seminary is under increasing pressure by the Party to mold its students into satisfactory citizens. Their tutors probe their allegiance to the Party, frowning upon the slightest hint of individual thinking, but subversion is bubbling beneath the façade of compliance. Directed by Ivan Ostrochovský, Servants is at once a provocative morality tale and a noir-tinted political thriller.

2022 • Slovakia • 81 minutes • Slovak w/English subtitles

Captivating! SERVANTS pairs black-and-white imagery, reminiscent of films by Robert Bresson, with an austere kind of choreography. CRITIC’S PICK
– The New York Times

Our friends at the IU Asian Culture Center are hosting the inaugural Asian American and Pacific Islander Short Film Festival on April 7th at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The festival consists of several short films created by young, Korean directors, as well as other up-and-coming Asian filmmakers.

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