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Muxes - Intrepid Seekers of Danger

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Producer(s)	Rabacanda Films / IMCINE
Director(s)	Alejandra Islas Caro
Release Date	2005
Work In Progress	n
Runtime	105 min
Youth Media	n
Educational Materials	Yes

Film Description

‘A lively and surprising portrait of a group of homosexuals, who defend their sexual diversity while preserving their identity as Zapotec Indians in the “queer paradise�? of Juchitán, Mexico. MUXES (pronounced ‘mooshays’) examines transgressive boundary-pushing within an indigenous culture that has historically embraced this “third gender.�? On the sun-baked Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico lies the town of Juchitan, whose population of indigenous Zapotecs have for centuries warded off numerous invasions to preserve their identity. Today, Juchitán has an additional, more notorious, identity, as a “queer paradise�? famous for its Muxes, effeminate homosexual men whose socially defined role within the Zapotec culture pre-dates the advent of gay liberation.

The Muxes of Juchitan are proud of their identity, enjoy their lives, laugh at themselves as well as at “straight�? society, and admit their own foibles freely. They call themselves “Authentic, Intrepid Seekers of Danger�?, and have banded together to lead the fight against AIDS in Oaxaca. They talk frankly about their experiences of acceptance and rejection, and their successes in finding freedom, love and delight in their special identity.

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Last Updated On:	May 22, 2012

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