"Men are only good for two things: for nothing, and for money." So sayeth the titular, straight-talking matriarch at the heart of Laura Herrero Garvín's La Mami, a gloriously female-centered portrait of the hardworking dancers of Mexico City's Cabaret Barba Azul. Told entirely from a female POV – with no men in sight to hijack the narrative – the film takes place almost exclusively in the cloakroom/bathroom/dressing room of the legendary nightclub, where Doña Olga (aka "La Mami") presides....
"La Mami Represented an Embrace, a Feminine Alliance, the Resistance": Laura Herrero Garvín on Her Mexico City-Set Doc, La Mami
Filmmaker Magazine - 25 Apr 2022 21:11
"Men are only good for two things: for nothing, and for money." So sayeth the titular, straight-talking matriarch at the heart of Laura Herrero Garvín's La Mami, a gloriously female-centered portrait of the hardworking dancers of Mexico City's Cabaret Barba Azul. Told entirely from a female POV – with no men in sight to hijack the narrative – the film takes place almost exclusively in the cloakroom/bathroom/dressing room of the legendary nightclub, where Doña Olga (aka "La Mami") presides....
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