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Sep 7, 2023 · Documentary Crime Drama. 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. Directors. Joana Pimenta. Adirley Queirós.
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- Documentary, Crime, Drama
- Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
- 2023-09-07
Apr 20, 2023 · Directed by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós, “Dry Ground Burning” is a film about insurrection set in the central Brazilian region of Sol Nascente.
- Beatrice Loayza
- Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
Entertaining and alight with political resonance, Dry Ground Burning is a hybrid documentary that will ignite radicals, rebels, and genre fans. Read Critics Reviews
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- Drama
- Joana Pimenta, Adirley Queirós
A provocative portrait of Brazil’s dystopian contemporary moment that blends documentary with narrative fiction and genre elements, the latest film by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós ( Once There Was Brasilia) offers a unique vision of the country’s possible future.
Apr 21, 2023 · 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.
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- Débora Alencar
An electrifying portrait of Brazil’s fraught contemporary moment that blends documentary with narrative and genre elements, DRY GROUND BURNING reunites filmmakers Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós (ONCE THERE WAS BRASILIA) to offer a unique vision of the country’s possible future.
Sep 5, 2022 · Dry Ground Burning: a Black, lesbian, profoundly matriarchal future. A group of women in Brazil strike crude oil and start turning it into gasoline for sale in Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta’s politically incendiary “ethnographic sci-fi”.
