“[Brimstone & Glory] deftly captures the skill, passion and peril behind the fireworks, as well as the love of a family whose livelihood is rooted in this booming trade.”

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times

“In Brimstone, it’s a manic, freewheeling moment, empowering to the young person holding the flames and foreshadowing the impossibly precarious explosions to come”

Emily Yoshida, New York Magazine/ Vulture

“Viktor Jakovleski’s sometimes rapturous Brimstone & Glory takes us to Tultepec for two annual rituals that celebrate this livelihood, reveling in their spectacle and observing the days leading up to them.”

John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter

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