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.

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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.

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Leslie Combemale Cinema Siren Oct 18, 2019 5/5

Watch it to celebrate and be inspired.

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Cate Marquis We Are Movie Geeks Apr 26, 2019 3.5/5

This well-made documentary goes a way towards righting that wrong in the case of Huerta.

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Amy Glynn Paste Magazine Mar 28, 2018 8.5/10

This documentary's not exactly perfect, but it's thorough, sincere and real and a great primer if you're one of the many to whom her name is unfamiliar.

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Laura Hiros Diario La Estrella (Fort Worth, TX) Mar 14, 2018 4/5

This film is a must for you and your family. [Full review in Spanish]

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Jan 25, 2018

First a pioneer and now an icon, Dolores Huerta is above all a woman committed, as ever, to the many causes she has championed throughout her life.

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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.

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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.

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Simran Hans Observer (UK) Dec 3, 2017 4/5

[An] essential documentary.

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Cath Clarke Guardian Dec 1, 2017 3/5

Using powerful archive material, the film chronicles Huerta's life and triumphs.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Dec 1, 2017 4/5

Modern US history gets a bracing rewrite with Dolores...

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Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Nov 30, 2017 4/5

Seem[s] fairly formulaic with its linear narrative and mixture of talking heads with archive footage, but it is significant both in raising the profile of a woman too long overlooked and crucially in giving her back control over her own story.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Nov 16, 2017 C+

This documentary about pioneering activist and union organizer Dolores Huerta tells an all-too-familiar story of a vastly talented woman who achieved greatness, only to be finally kicked aside and forgotten by men in power, because she is a woman.

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Emily Wheeler Film Inquiry Oct 27, 2017

Dolores is only interested in getting the activist recognition, and it serves as an entertaining overview of the staggering things Huerta has accomplished.

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Al Alexander The Patriot Ledger Oct 8, 2017 B+

If you've never heard of Dolores Huerta, it's because there's been a concerted effort to erase her from the history books, a racially motivated slight the fascinating documentary "Dolores" determinedly seeks to correct.

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Josh Terry Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Oct 6, 2017 3/4

Dolores is ultimately straightforward, insightful and should be credited for presenting a broad look at a woman many find heroic, and others find polarizing.

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Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) Oct 6, 2017

This splendid film recognizes the legions of men and women who stood with Dolores in challenging the slave wages, inhumane working conditions and sexism.

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April Wolfe Village Voice Oct 6, 2017

With Dolores, we're getting the lesson we deserve.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Oct 5, 2017 3.5/5

What's clear is that after watching Dolores, this woman becomes an unforgettable figure in the annals of Mexican-American history...

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