Brothels are rarely seen as safe or dignifying. Yet, in a red-light district of Colombia, a country torn by decades of war, there’s a tiny brothel named “Tabaco-y-Ron,” that acts as a shelter and shield for trans sex workers that work there. Todas Las Flores constructs an intimate portrait of this extraordinary space, located in Santafé, Bogotá, a zone that concentrates all the miseries of a bloodstained region, but is also an oasis for all people desperately fleeing war.
Sabrina Aviles, Festival Director, CineFest Latino, MA