Review: American Mariachi- A Woman’s Liberation

With the resurgence of the women’s liberation movement in the late ’60s, the fight for gender equality began to achieve traction; but, it’s been a tough, uphill battle, comprised of an accumulation of little victories, as we see in the world premiere of this funny and poignant, mid-’70s dramedy, from the pen of José Cruz González (Sunsets and Margaritas, September Shoes, and more).

Lucha (Jennifer Paredes) is trying to finish nursing school, but her father, Federico (Bobby Plasencia) insists that her first priority is the family, which means taking care of her mother, Amalia (Doreen Montalvo), who is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Lucha’s cousin and best friend, Boli (Heather Velazquez) offers to help. They discover an old, unmarked 45 among Lucha’s albums and when they play it, Amalia starts to sing along to the mariachi song. After Federico hears the record and breaks it in anger, the girls decide they will form a mariachi band, so they can sing this song it to Amalia.

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