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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaPimenta and Queirós invent a world in which Brazilian women at the very bottom of the social totem pole take matters into their own hands. They do so without an ounce of fear or self-pity — and in killer style to boot. |
| Slant MagazineWes GreeneThe film surprises by revealing deeper layers to both its subjects and social commentary. |
| The GuardianPhuong LeIn a world marred by political hopelessness, Dry Ground Burning literally and figuratively sets the landscape on fire, and out of the ashes there is hope for a new order free from oppression. |
| Film ThreatSumner ForbesIt’s a challenge that may ultimately be gratifying for the right audience — just make sure you have a comfy chair. |
| Little White LiesMarina AshiotiLong takes, discursive monologues, slow pans and stylistic shifts allow the directors to forge an inventive cinematic language out of political consciousness; one that eschews the narrative codes of Western cinema, as it blends fiction and documentary, immersion and observation, to provide a multilayered embodiment of marginalised womanhood in contemporary Brazil. |
