DRY GROUND BURNING [Blu-ray] their piazza became their stage

their piazza became their stage and residents of all ages played a part – the role of themselves

and friendship — matched with a parallel world of film and TV footage wherein Fancher plays cowboys

Mara and Jo

wine and winter melon

A scripted drama of characters attempting to work towards political consensus — based partly on Asili’s own experiences in a Black liberationist group — weaves with a documentary recollection of the Philadelphia liberation group MOVE

DRY GROUND BURNING [Blu-ray] their piazza became their stageJust released from prison, La (La 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 motorcyclistsan act of radical political resistance on behalf of ex cons and the oppressed. A provocative portrait of Brazils dystopian contemporary