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MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

1988

N/R

Categories:

  • Documentary

Overview:

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

Cast:

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  • Sam Shepard

    Sam Shepard

  • Elizabeth Swados

    Elizabeth Swados

  • Ellen Stewart

    Ellen Stewart

  • Harvey Fierstein

    Harvey Fierstein