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2002 | Color | 64 min 48 seg

Juchitán Queer Paradise Homosexuals fulfilled in the land of the machos? Located near the border with Guatemala, the Mexican town of Juchitán is home to the Zapotec Indians, who have shown remarkable tolerance towards homosexuals. According to a legend, God gave Vicente Ferrer, the patron saint of Juchitán, a bagful of queers. Everywhere he traveled ?Colombia, Central America, Guatemala? he left behind a homosexual. In Juchitán, however, his bag came undone, and they all fell out at once


Country: México
Direction: Henríquez; Patricio
Script: Henríquez; Patricio
Production: Provencher; Raymonde, Cornellier; Robert, Henríquez; Patricio
Photography: Khaba; Andrei
Sound: Boursier; Guillaume
Music: M Lepage; Robert
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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