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Oct 12, 2022 · Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós’s Dry Ground Burning (2022). C hitara (Joana Darc Furtado) and Léa (Léa Alves da Silva) are gasolinheiras. In Sol Nascente, a favela on the outskirts of Ceilândia, a satellite city of Brasília, the women tap into an underground pipeline, extract oil, refine it, and sell the gas to motoboys who distribute it far and wide.
Sep 7, 2023 · Dry Ground Burning: Directed by Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós. With Débora Alencar, Léa Alves da Silva, Gleide Firmino, Joana Darc Furtado. In 2013 the military police of the Brazilian Federal District initiated a large operation against drug traffic in the peripheral city of Ceilândia, dismantling a series of illegal networks and arresting sixteen men.
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- Documentary, Crime, Drama
- Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
- 2023-09-07
Jan 14, 2023 · Dry Ground Burning. 2022. Brazil. Directed by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós. DCP. In Portuguese; English subtitles. 154 min. In Brasilia’s Sol Nascente favela, sisters Chitarra and Léa lead an all-female gang that siphons oil from a government pipeline and sells the clandestine gas to motorcycle squads in the dark of night.
- Joana Pimenta And Adirley Queirós
- January 15, 2023
- 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
Dry Ground Burning Brazil / 2022 / 153 min. / NR Just released from prison, Léa (Léa Alves Silva) returns home to the Brasilia favela of Sol Nascente and joins up with her half-sister Chitara (Joana Darc Furtado), 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.
At once narrative documentary, crumbling sci-fi and classic western, Dry Ground Burning offers a tense, refracted reflection of what Brazil is today. The lines are clearly drawn before the upcoming battles, and the sisters’ are made with oil burning on dry ground. Cinéma du Réel 2022 — Grand Prize. RIDM 2022 — Special Jury Prize
Mar 24, 2023 · A film by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós. http://grasshopperfilm.com/film/dry-ground-burning/
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Feb 22, 2022 · Review: Dry Ground Burning. 22/02/2022 - BERLINALE 2022: In the Brazilian favela of Sol Nascente, an all-female crime ring makes a play on the illegal gasoline trade in this bracing docu-drama mashup by Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta. A cliché in cultural writing, which has gladly gone out of fashion a little, is reflecting on how ...
