Prairie Flowers

After Silvias femicide Yecenia her cousin and one of the ñomndaa weavers from the Prairie of Flowers create a ritual and poetic mourning alongside other weaving women The ñomndaa women share ancient wisdom about their profession as weavers rooted in breathtaking myths and the foremothers real life experiences The elders decide that the only way to proceed is to look forward to the future taking care of the young children left behind after their mothers murder Yecenia speaks through the radio urging her local community to adopt new words such as femicide into their local tongue Through this ritual threads dreams and their craft are collectively woven together as an act of healing and resilience In Prairie of Flowers the act of weaving opens up to become an act of resistance in its own right