and the poison spreads, bear on this, ah, my zip in the great documentary series destruction of a nation starts march 4th. on d, w. 50 does the news asia coming up to date, documentaries of cottage, our food makers, are capturing stories of boldness and determination from across the region. beginning in india. what an oscar nominated documentary profile, the poodle women journalist, challenging societies, prejudice, and a film from me and mark that practice the people's fight for rights from a government willing to kill. ah,

i'm british benji, welcome to dw news asia, glad you could join us. it's a historic nomination, an indian documentary filled nominated for the oscars for the very 1st time. it's significant, but what's even more is the story it tells writing with fire profile, the group of rural indian women running a local newspaper. it sounds mundane, only it is not. these women are mainly from the dallas community which falls at the bottom of india's discriminatory cost system. these women faced verbal abuse, threats, and intimidation just for being born, which is why working as journalists, these women aren't just writing with fire, they're playing with it. this is a film about courage and survival about women from the lowest cost, not only working as journalists, but also exposing,

often hidden stories such as illegal mining, rape cases and religious polarization. i live with these journalists have to fight for the truth. and for that right to report every day. but i don't know think any i'm going with who am i way math again. i'm getting, i'm going to come now. it will never that i it's where these women get their courage from that the films created. wanted to reveal with navy federal point july via the 11 i how is it that the big this used by when digital force, who are these women are, where did they get this? did it, where are they coming from and where did they want to go? what are the kind of conversations that they're having all the negotiations in a professional field where women, especially ballot, women are not considered as,

as journalists, but it's not only the prejudices of others that stand in their way. the journalists also have to conquer that own fears. shy, i'm collie, as one of the members of the newsroom who struggles most with her work and with a new technology. but by the end of the film, her impactful reporting on a rape case leads to the rest of the alleged perpetrator. up some of the film unpack serious issues that many of the reporters have experienced themselves. but this isn't a one dimensional story of female suffering, and it's creative hope it will allow people to get to know india, the better. the celebration of india has been through a certain kind of lens. and as indians, maybe a dime you look at be. and you creams, that's not my country because there is much more grace and dignity radio than what you are spotlighting, you know, now having

a phone from india doc feature nominated. you open those 4 more filmmakers now in the future to be able to imagine what their stories can. the female run newsroom had been operating for more than a decade. when the filmmakers came to document their work. now the youtube channel has more than half a 1000000 subscribers and their team and the stories they cover a growing and the report to a conscious extent spoke to those for maker then joins been now in the studio. contra, welcome. i'd like to talk to you a bit about the subject of the documentary that those would make us made at these women working in a paper called a cover letter. yeah. which literally means news waves. yeah. they are literally making wave on day because they are the let's, they are from the lowest of the costs in the cost hierarchy of india. so it's really pretty unimaginable for them to go out with their smartphones report on

their local communities, their local stories. it really is a thing to, you know, lo and behold and see. and it's also bringing the stories of rural hinterlands to the for, which is something which is really under reported. you see stories of india from the cities mostly. but what's really missing, are these reporters bringing those stories off? you know, the local corruption, the local social injustice is the local cost. injustice is violence or crimes, and they bring it on their smartphones and they have subscribers now. so they are really, truly telling their own stories, and these women were telling the their own stories that let's just break it down for us. try and paint a picture for us as to what it means to be a valid in rural india. yeah, b t a so i have reported as well from the sparts and when i went to the rural

areas, they are religious that are divided based on cost system. so they had a religious thought, see people from the higher cost and dilute villages. and there is segregation between these so like the children from one village cannot play with the children from other villages. and that also translates into violence as well at times you know, and report crimes like in rape. and these things are also dad, which perpetrated against the, against low cost. you also see the village is divided based on a water source or, you know, whether or not people from the lower costs can fetch water from, from these places. so it literally is, you know, a different india within these more micro, you know, places. and these stories are very, very relevant because their stories of equity of injustice is that are happening on an everyday basis towards the left people and the left women doing this story is

actually because they are actually the last in the line. so, you know, then they're talking about what's happening with them to seek accountability from people from higher cost. it is a challenge and they do it beautifully and their efforts have paid off having their absolutely, i mean, now they're going digital cover. lydia, this story is going digital, they are having smartphones. they're trying to maneuver with this uniform and they hadn't been navigating their lives. there. people who, you know, see in the documentary cells that they are the last hope because the tardies don't listen to them. the police don't listen to them. so they go to the reporters. so they literally are really making this change from the ground up. gotcha, santa, thanks so much for coming into the studio and bring that down for you with this thanks for little over a year. i mean, most people have been fighting to get back what was theirs? democracy. but the hunter won't budge. that fight has led to death's arrests and

torture. and filmmakers have attempted to capture the struggle in the documentary, me and my diaries. ah, an aerobics instructor on the streets of me. amar behind her, the military forces that rule the country crack down on the civil population. the documentary mia, mar, diaries shows, light in the countries, and so hunter sees power a year ago. it was shot in secret by group of anonymous filmmakers. her came to the films world premier at the berlin film festival. the up until about like 3 weeks after the coup fears were relatively stable. people were on the street and there was no violence. we were able to for him very freely. ah, all that really defi safely. but by the end of february, 1st at it, do tant, ugly. the soldiers disrupt anti government protests. a

scene from the film captures the shooting of an unarmed girl. i believe when i got all night this, one of the directors hope seems like this will remind the world how badly the people of me amar, formerly known as burma, are suffering. or for all the burmese who are living in boma every day is dangerous. it doesn't even matter why that you are protest in all honesty at home using facebook. you can basically get arrested for anything at every the anyway. combining documentary footage with dramatic stage scenes me m r diaries creates powerful images of a people resisting tyranny. despite the mass of violence, the directors of the film see hope for the future of their country.

never in the history of obama. you have sin, have we seen such unity against her? our military, honda, burmese, at shirley. feel that this is at shirley. it shares do basically root out this are evil military, honda? our one some for it's a chance to get rid of it. and i said, abby, are much sure democracy ah ah, turning now to something entirely different. thailand's new cash cows from the sea jellyfish, their sales have doubled over the last decade. fishermen are happy to supply the growing demand from restaurants and grocery chains. that's as decades of over fishing have left the seas around thailand, nearly devoid of fish. for these fishermen,

there's one kind of catch that still helping feed their families by filling them. that's fine and along. i don't know what happens under water, but there are no more squid. no more shrimp, no more jelly fish. there's nothing left with jelly, fish. i can earn between 25 and 50 years a day. whereas with traditional fishing brings tenure as a day got mid i fresh from the boats. the jelly fish are in for processing. no tentacles, please. and on even can't on here. at this stage, the jellyfish has cleaned all the sand and dirt is removed or possibly bits of plastic and everything else. yea, so that it is perfectly clean. the ha jellyfish have been described as a perfect food sustainable high in protein and low in calories. they just have to

be cooked right. no ma'am. thank you. i. i can prepared jelly fish dumplings with green curry. ha, jelly fish salad at the horse spaghetti with jelly fish pesto in thank you on here. i had the green curry that will give the jellyfish it's taste and smell. because the curry has a lot of spices and the jellyfish will be delicious. but of course, that's up to the customer to decide. and without a doubt, jellyfish has its fans. i think it's excellent. it has a sticky, rubbery texture. i eat it often. i like it. sometimes i take jelly fish pasta, and i even ask for extra jelly fish in at fucking at the moment there is still fish . but if one day there is no more fish, i will eat,

jelly fish choices may become slimmer, but it's good to know that there's at least one kind of sustainable seafood there's nothing like jelly fish joy, that's it for today. we'll see you back here at the same time tomorrow a by ah, people in trucks injured when trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. order families please use the reason for the credit on it is we load it administrative people fleeing extreme dreams. ross getting 200 people. hassan from the agency around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. yes,

the wine, because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. this blue. ah, over 19 case numbers, sore in financial capital, hong kong leaders say there's no chance of continuing china's preferred 0 coven measures, which would include city why locked else? beijing, however, is not happy. also on the show, disney says virtual reality is the great, the next great storytelling frontier, rather as it appoints an executive to run its met diverse strategy. we'll find out exactly what that means. and turning last year's fashions into this year's look at a spanish company that's at the forefront of recycling fabric. long walk into the

show, i'm seeing busy in berlin. chinese president, she ging ping, has urged hong kong to prior to prioritize containment measures. as coven 19 case numbers explode and threatened to overwhelm the territories hospitals. the financial hub is where you are for the restrictions with it's an economy having already taken quite a hit. as far as hong kong is concerned, it's the kind of misalignment that's been unusual recent years president, she saying one thing, while hong kong chief executive carry lamb seems to indicate another. after all, china's leader is quoted as saying hong kong must mobilize all power and resources to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety and health of the hong kong people. are you doing in what they will not good. you can watch it on the light. on the lam a p.