Mama's Pushcart: Ellen Stewart and 25 Years of La MaMa E.T.C. (NR)

synopsis

With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created in New York in 1961 the La Mama theater, 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.