Dry Ground Burning

Dry Ground Burning (2023)

Mato Seco em Chamas

Just released from prison, Léa returns home to the Brasilia favela of Sol Nascente and joins up with her half-sister Chitara, the fearless leader of an all-female gang that steals and refines oil from underground pipes and sells gasoline to a clandestine network of motorcyclists. Living in constant opposition to Jair Bolsonaro’s fiercely authoritarian and militarized government, Chitara’s women claim the streets for themselves as a declaration of radical political resistance on behalf of ex-cons and the oppressed.

Date of release
2023-02-23
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 33m
Genres
Drama, Crime, Documentary
Director
Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós

Casting

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