Movie Description:
The beauty and strength of the women of Juchitan, "Mexico`s matriarchy", haveinspired legends and songs for centuriesas wellas recent tabloid stories ofmale harems and free love. This delightful documentary sets out to separate fact from folklore and sociology from sensationalism. Blossomsof Fire shows these women in all their brightly colored, opinionated glory as they run their own businesses, embroidertheir signature fiery flowers andcomment with angry humor on articles in the foreign press depicting them as a promiscuous matriarchy. A midwife laughs over a husband`s behavior duringbirth, a gay man cheerfully asserts that "mothers are in charge" and many proudly describe their daily challenges.Although maintaining Zapotec culture andlanguage may be a battle, it isplain that no one-man, woman,young, old, gay or straight would willingly change places with anyone in the First World.
