Dry Ground Burning

2023 • 2h 33m • Drama, Crime, Documentary

100%Rotten Tomatoes

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

Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta

Writers

Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta

Status

Released