Mexican singer Chavela Vargas became a queer icon, had purported dalliances with Frida Kahlo and Ava Gardner, challenged gender stereotypes in her country and forged an impressive career in bohemian ...

Chavela aims to unravel the tumultuous journey and career of the legendary Costa Rican-born Mexican singer as they delve into her demons, heartbreak, and alcoholism, which led to her public ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about film, the arts, and design. When the singer Chavela Vargas began performing in Mexico, in the 1950s, she dressed as ...

“Ponme la mano aquí, Macorina, ponme la mano aquí,” Chavela Vargas sings seductively in “Macorina.” “Place your hand here, Macorina, place your hand here.” The words are as ambiguous as they are ...

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Five years after Chavela Vargas' death on Aug. 5, 2012, a documentary about the iconic singer and actress will air for the first time in the U.S. By Leila Cobo Chief Content Officer Latin/Español, ...

Legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas receives justifiably laudatory treatment in this documentary celebrating her refusal to compromise together with her musical brilliance. In 1992, Catherine Gund ...

A legend of Latin American song has died. Chavela Vargas was a cultural icon across the Spanish-speaking world, with a voice that redefined notions of beauty and an attitude that brashly bent gender ...

When American filmmaker Catherine Gund met Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas in 1991, both women were at major crossroads in their lives. Gund, then a young queer activist, had just lost her best ...