Dry Ground Burning

Overview

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.

Cast

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Léa Alves da Silva

Léa

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Joana Darc Furtado

Chitara

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Andreia Vieira

Gleide Firmino

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Mara Alves

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Débora Alencar