Dry Ground Burning

Name: Dry Ground Burning
Genre: Drama, Crime, Documentary
Released: 2023-02-23
Cast: Léa Alves da Silva, Joana Darc Furtado, Andreia Vieira, Gleide Firmino, Mara Alves

2023 2h 33m 6.3Movie

DramaCrimeDocumentary

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.