Dolores (2017)

Directed by

Peter Bratt

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Dolores Huerta, a Chicana labor union activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers. It shows her work organizing California farmworkers and her connections to other social movements of the time.

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What happens

Dolores is a 2017 American documentary directed by Peter Bratt, on the life of Chicana labor union activist Dolores Huerta. It was produced by Brian Benson for PBS, with Benjamin Bratt and Alpita Patel serving as consulting producers and Carlos Santana as executive producer. Dolores centers on Dolores Huerta's committed work to organize California farmworkers as the co-founder of the UFW (United Farm Workers), in alliance with the Chicano Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, gay liberation and US-based LGBTQ social movements, and the late 20th century women's rights movement. Including recent and historical interviews with Huerta and her family members, the documentary includes historic film footage from the farmworker strikes and marches in Delano, California and New York City, the activism of the Delano grape strike that spread throughout the country, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's meetings with the organizers during his presidential campaign, as well as interviews with UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez, theatre artist Luis Valdez, Angela Davis, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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