Bad hair

I went off to the Detroit Film Theater to see the movie Bad Hair. It is set in Caracas, Venezuela. The main character is a 9 year old boy called Junior. He is being raised by single mother Marta, who is currently unemployed. There is also an infant brother. Junior has curly hair, but he desperately wants it to be straight just like the famous pop singers. Mother and son do not get along. Part of it is because Marta thinks Junior shows signs of being gay, which she wants to prevent. Junior's grandmother, Marta's mother-in-law, wants to encourage the boy's unconventional spirit. But that backfires when Grandma makes a singer's suit and Junior is sure it is actually a dress. With all this going on we also see a bit of life in Caracas (or at least its traffic jams and slums), and what Marta has to do to regain her previous job.