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Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth centu... ... More
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Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century.


Dolores History tells us Cesar Chavez transformed the U.S. labor movement by leading the first farm workers' union. But missing from this story is his equally influential co-founder, Dolores Huerta, who tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century.

Like so many powerful female advocates, Dolores and her sweeping reforms were - and still are - largely overlooked. Even as she empowered a generation of immigrants to stand up for their rights, her own relentless work ethic was constantly under attack. False accusations from foes and friends alike, of child neglect and immoral behavior from a woman who married three times and raised 11 children, didn't dampen her passion or deter her from her personal mission. She remains as steadfast in her fight as ever at the age of 87.

Peter Bratt's provocative and energizing documentary challenges this incomplete, one-sided history and reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one's life to the fight for justice. Interweaving archival footage with interviews from Dolores and her contemporaries, the film sets the record straight on one of the most effective and undervalued civil and labor rights leaders in modern U.S. history.

Producer: CARLOS SANTANA, REGINA K. SCULLY, JANET MacGILLIVRAY, TOM STEYER, KAT TAYLOR
Production Company: The Dolores Huerta Film Project, LLC
Production Year: 2017
Copyright Year: 2017
Rating: TV-PG
Writers: PETER BRATT, JESSICA CONGDON
Number of Discs: 1
Length: 90 minutes
Subtitled: Y
Subtitle Languages: English (SDH)
Language Track: English
Audio Format: 5.1 Surround
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen

" … Dolores serves up an intimate and inspiring portrait of the passionate champion of the oppressed, an indomitable woman willing to accept the personal sacrifices involved in committing one's life to social change." - Video Librarian


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Julie G. reviewed Dolores DVD & Blu-ray
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This is a great film about an amazing woman!
Review by Julie G. review stating This is a great film about an amazing woman!
I was lucky enough to see this film at the San Francisco Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice award for best documentary. Dolores Huerta is an inspiring figure..a Latina woman labor and human rights leader who broke many barriers and still, at the age of 87, is active and effective. We all have a lot to learn from Dolores. See this film and show it around..it will inspire and give hope!

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