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Dolores

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Raising 11 children while wrestling with gender bias, union defeat and victory, and nearly dying after a San Francisco Police beating, Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions to co-found the country's first farmworkers union.
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Compelling and corrective, Dolores unearths overlooked history to spotlight one of activism's most powerful -- and often forgotten -- voices, Dolores Huerta.

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Peter Keough Boston Globe [Peter Bratt] deftly edits together archival footage and interviews with Huerta's children, co-workers, collaborators, and Huerta herself. He backs it with a jazz and salsa soundtrack and tells the story with zest and clarity. Rated: 3.5/4 Dec 28, 2017 Full Review David Hughes Empire Magazine It's a powerful, provocative filmmaking that could potentially inspire a new generation of Dolores Huertas. Rated: 4/5 Dec 28, 2017 Full Review Simran Hans Observer (UK) [An] essential documentary. Rated: 4/5 Dec 3, 2017 Full Review Colin Stacy Vague Visages n a time such as ours, Dolores delivers a vision of community organization and social flourishment that can usher in a new reality for America’s masses. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Dan Scully Cinema76 Using a mix of talking heads and an unprecedented amount of on-the-front-lines footage, Bratt has created a compelling, joyous documentary that takes pains to avoid the hagiographic leanings of similar films. Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Leslie Combemale Cinema Siren Watch it to celebrate and be inspired. Rated: 5/5 Oct 18, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Raising 11 children while wrestling with gender bias, union defeat and victory, and nearly dying after a San Francisco Police beating, Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions to co-found the country's first farmworkers union.
Director
Peter Bratt
Producer
Peter Bratt, Brian Benson
Screenwriter
Peter Bratt, Jessica Congdon
Distributor
PBS Distribution
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 1, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 28, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$486.2K
Runtime
1h 36m
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