Dry Ground Burning (movie)
Mato Seco em Chamas- User score: 6.7
- Production country: Brazil, Portugal, United States of America
- Producer: Joana Pimenta , Adirley Queirós
- Production companies: Cinco da Norte, Terratreme Filmes
- Genre: Drama, Crime, Documentary
- Release date: 2/23/2023
- Run time: 153 min.
Movie description
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.
