Dry Ground Burning

Dry Ground Burning — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 23, 2023
• Runtime
• 153 min
• Genres
• Drama, Crime, Documentary
• Director
• Adirley Queirós

Dry Ground Burning — Cast

L

Léa Alves da Silva Léa

J

Joana Darc Furtado Chitara

A

Andreia Vieira Gleide Firmino

M

Mara Alves

D

Débora Alencar