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Dry Ground Burning

 
 
Apr 21—May 3, 2023
 
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RUN TIME: 153min
FORMAT: DCP
GENERAL ADMISSION: $16
MEMBERS: $8 (free for Level 4 and above)
+  Join us for a Q&A with director Joana Pimenta following the 7:30pm screenings on April 21 and 22.
 
 
 
 
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Directed by Joana Pimenta & Adirley Queirós | 2022

With Débora Alencar, Léa Alves da Silva, Gleide Firmino

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. 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. An electrifying portrait of Brazil’s dystopian contemporary moment, blending documentary with narrative fiction, Dry Ground Burning reunites filmmakers Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós (Once There Was Brasilia) to offer an imaginative vision of the country’s possible future.

Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.

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