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2017
Not Rated
PBS Distribution
1 h 35 m

2017
Not Rated
PBS Distribution
1 h 35 m

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, three...

Directed By: Peter Bratt

Written By: Jessica Congdon, Peter Bratt

2017
Not Rated
PBS Distribution
1 h 35 m

2017
Not Rated
PBS Distribution
1 h 35 m

Dolores

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews

81

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

7.7

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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, three...

Directed By: Peter Bratt

Written By: Jessica Congdon, Peter Bratt

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews

100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews

100% Positive
11 Reviews

0% Mixed
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0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Los Angeles Times

Sep 7, 2017

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

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

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.

By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW

Aug 31, 2017

Huerta comes across as warm, wise and indefatigable in Bratt’s provocative and inspirational film, but he doesn’t engage in hagiography.

By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Aug 31, 2017

Bratt certainly illuminates the uncertainty of her quest: the early dawns of heading out to rally strangers and the turmoil of a life fighting against superior, institutional forces.

By Duane Byrge FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

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.

By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

Christian Science Monitor

Sep 8, 2017

Her social activism often left her children, some of whom are interviewed, in the lurch. It’s a contradiction the film could have more sharply explored.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

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.

By Peter Goldberg FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

83% Positive
5 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

17% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

83% Positive
5 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

17% Negative
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company 5 Stick Films, Artemis Rising Foundation

Release Date Sep 1, 2017

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline Rebel. Activist. Feminist. Mother.

Website https://www.doloresthemovie.com/

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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

San Francisco International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Nashville Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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