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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 Dec 28, 2017
3.5/4
[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. Go to Full Review
David Hughes Empire Magazine Dec 28, 2017
4/5
It's a powerful, provocative filmmaking that could potentially inspire a new generation of Dolores Huertas. Go to Full Review
Simran Hans Observer (UK) Dec 3, 2017
4/5
[An] essential documentary. Go to Full Review
Colin Stacy Vague Visages Dec 6, 2023
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. Go to Full Review
Dan Scully Cinema76 Mar 24, 2020
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. Go to Full Review
Leslie Combemale Cinema Siren Oct 18, 2019
5/5
Watch it to celebrate and be inspired. Go to Full Review
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Peter Bratt

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Dolores Huerta

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Peter Bratt

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Jessica Congdon

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Peter Bratt

Producer

Brian Benson

Producer

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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
Production Co
5 Stick Films, Artemis Rising Foundation
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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