FILM: Dry Ground Burning (Brazil, 2022)
- April 14 @ 5:15 PM
- The Gene Siskel Film Center
- 164 N. State Street
- 164 N. State Street
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 authoritarian and militarized government, Chitara’s women claim the streets for themselves as a declaration of radical political resistance on behalf of the oppressed. An electrifying portrait of Brazil’s dystopian contemporary moment that blends documentary with narrative fiction and genre elements. Opens April 14th at the Siskel. (Other showings also available).