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Dry Ground Burning

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Dry Ground Burning

6.0

2h 33m

2023

Synopsis

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.

Director

Joana Pimenta

Adirley Queirós

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Cast & Crew

Léa Alves da Silva

as Léa

Joana Darc Furtado

as Chitara

Andreia Vieira

Gleide Firmino

Gleide Firmino

Mara Alves

Débora Alencar

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