Dolores

Name: Dolores
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary
Released: September 1, 2017
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Angela Davis, Dolores Huerta, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Rodham Clinton

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PBS Distribution | Release Date: September 1, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Angela Davis, Dolores Huerta, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Rodham Clinton

Summary: Dolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor justice, soon becomes a fight for gender equality within the same union she is eventually forced to leave. As she wrestles with raising 11 children, threeDolores Huerta bucks 1950s gender conventions by starting the country's first farm worker's union with fellow organizer Cesar Chavez. What starts out as a struggle for racial and labor justice, soon becomes a fight for gender equality within the same union she is eventually forced to leave. As she wrestles with raising 11 children, three marriages, and is nearly beaten to death by a San Francisco tactical police squad, Dolores emerges with a vision that connects her new found feminism with racial and class justice.… Expand

Director: Peter Bratt

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Kenneth Turan

Sep 7, 2017

The unexpected thing about Dolores, finally, is that if its political story makes it important, its human story makes it involving. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 1, 2017

Huerta is such a commanding figure, and the array of historical footage marshalled on behalf of her story is so impressive, that the film makes a strong impression. Read full review

Lora Grady

Sep 14, 2017

Dolores is a fascinating corrective to 50-plus years of American history. It’s educational, to be sure, but also exhilarating, inspiring and deeply emotional. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Aug 31, 2017

Peter Bratt, the director, uses an immense amount of historical footage and interviews, arranged with clarity. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Aug 31, 2017

Dolores crams a great deal of information, themes, and diverse archival materials into a sharp, cogent whole. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Oct 4, 2017

What’s clear is that after watching Dolores, this woman becomes an unforgettable figure in the annals of Mexican-American history, the workers’ rights struggles, and feminist legacies. Read full review

Peter Goldberg

Aug 29, 2017

Peter Bratt's documentary sharply trumpets Dolores Huerta's life and centrality in the turbulent history of social justice since the '60s. Read full review

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PlanetDancer

Sep 15, 2017

If you are looking for a positive, inspiring movie, this is it!

I loved, loved it --and can't wait to see it again! Its an amazing true story-- with great music [lots of Carlos Santa, who exec produced the movie].

Highly recommend it.

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