Dry Ground Burning
153 mins
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.
Joana Pimenta
Writer
Joana Pimenta
Director
Daniel Turini
Sound
Francisco Craesmeyer
Sound Director
Luana Otto
Production Director
Fernando Henna
Sound
Simone Gonçalves
Executive Producer
Joana Pimenta
Director of Photography
Denise Vieira
Production Design
Andreia Queirós
Production Director
João Niza Ribeiro
Production Director
João Matos
Co-Producer