Film and Electronic Arts Program Presents

Joana Pimenta: Filmmaker Presentation

Joana Pimenta is a filmmaker from Portugal, living and working in the United States and Brazil. Her latest film Dry Ground Burning, codirected with Adirley Queirós, tells the story of the Gasolineiras de Kebradas, a group of women from the periphery of Sol Nascente who steal oil and resist Bolsonaro’s presidency. Dry Ground Burning premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and screened at the New York Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, among many others, receiving more than 30 awards around the world. It was a film of the year for publications such as Artforum, Sight and Sound, and Film Comment, and received glowing reviews in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Le Monde, among others. Dry Ground Burning had theatrical releases in the United States, France, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina, among other countries. Pimenta teaches in the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University, where she is director of graduate studies for Critical Media Practice and director of the Film Study Center.

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For more information, call 845-758-7253, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Avery Art Center; Theater in the Ottaway Film Center

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