With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and actors such as Sam Shepard, Elizabeth Swados, and Harvey Fierstein found both encouragement and a home for their work. Includes footage from the early days, interviews and brief excerpts from some of the theater works. Stewart also talks about her experiences as a "colored" working at Saks Fifth Avenue between 1950 and 1957
Demetria Royals
Director
Louise Diamond
Director
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Sherman's March67%
Public Speaking70%
McQueen74%
The Class of ‘9271%
35 Up76%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Looking for Richard68%
Sidney70%
Directed by John Ford70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
28 Up75%
Elstree 197661%
42 Up75%
Fuck64%
Night Will Fall76%
American Teen63%
