La Mami

Name: La Mami
Genre: Documentary

Mexico, Spain · 2020
1h 22m
Director Laura Herrero Garvín
Starring Priscilla, La Mami
Genre Documentary

The Barba Azul Cabaret in Mexico City is a famous nightclub and a premier party destination. For the women working there, though, they feel safest not in the dance hall but in the bathroom. La Mami, czar of the restroom, guides these women and offers them the support they need to make it through a night in the cabaret and life in general.

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Screen Daily by

Herrero Garvin has evidently built a strong level of trust with all involved.

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The New York Times by Beandrea July

Garvín’s adept camerawork allows the story to unfold so seamlessly in its vérité style, that the film emanates the magic of a scripted drama without revealing any noticeable interference.

Variety by Guy Lodge

Amid its textured, occasionally conflict-scarred portrait of female community, La Mami is rife with sharp, tacit socioeconomic criticism of an unequal, patriarchal society in which making joyless business out of pleasure is the best hope many women have.

The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young

Herrero Garvin and company have evidently earned the trust of Dona Olga and her customers, their film winningly emerging as warm, humanistic evocation of sisterhood against a fascinating demi-monde backdrop.