Dry Ground Burning (2023)
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.
Directors: Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta.
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Léa Alves da Silva as Léa |
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Joana Darc Furtado as Chitara |
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Andreia Vieira as |
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Gleide Firmino as |
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Mara Alves as |
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Débora Alencar as |
| Writing | Adirley Queirós | Writer |
| Writing | Joana Pimenta | Writer |
| Directing | Adirley Queirós | Director |
| Directing | Joana Pimenta | Director |
| Production | Adirley Queirós | Producer |
| Production | Simone Gonçalves | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Joana Pimenta | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Francisco Craesmeyer | Sound Director |
| Art | Denise Vieira | Production Design |
| Editing | Cristina Amaral | Editor |
| Production | Luana Otto | Production Director |
| Production | Andreia Queirós | Production Director |
| Sound | Daniel Turini | Sound |
| Sound | Fernando Henna | Sound |
| Editing | Marco Amaral | Color Grading |
| Production | João Matos | Co-Producer |
| Production | João Niza Ribeiro | Production Director |