Blending documentary with narrative fiction and gangster genre elements, it offers a unique vision of the country’s possible future and of cinema itself as a radical means of resistance.

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 militarised government, Chitara’s women claim the streets for themselves as a declaration of radical political resistance.