Dolores

Dolores (2017)

Rebel. Activist. Feminist. Mother.

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 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.

Date of release
2017-01-20
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Peter Bratt

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production and Reception

The production of Dolores occurred over a span of 4 years, and was the brainchild of musician Carlos Santana. Santana approached Peter Bratt about making the documentary in 2013. Bratt was quoted saying "When Carlos called about doing the film, I had to do it. I’ve always wanted to make a superhero movie and as Carlos says, she’s a real wonder woman.

Reception of the film was controversial before it was even released. Santana and Bratt struggled to find a network willing to partner with them. While it was ultimately picked up by PBS for Independent Lens, networks such as Netflix, HBO, and Telemundo refused. The sentiments after the film was released are much different however.

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