Valley of Tears
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  • Summary: An expansive chronicle of life in the small south Texas town of Raymondville. Beginning in 1979 and continuing for a full two decades, Perry charted a progression of successes and setbacks by farmworker organizers and community activists in their fights with wealthy landowners and the local political establishment. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    90
    Dense, contradictory and distressingly honest, Valley of Tears is that rarity among political documentaries: a genuinely thought-provoking film.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    The town's entrenched racism is impossible to ignore, but the efforts toward change make a compelling history.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    The movie peaks about halfway through, when town officials try to stop Perry from revealing what's going on.
  4. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    60
    Not everything Perry's voices say seems relevant to his central thesis, but they speak fervently and colorfully, and their intensity is compelling even when their message is lacking.

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