Film School Radio hosted by Mike Kaspar

September 8, 2017 - Dolores, Director Peter Bratt

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 alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change. DOLORES is directed by Peter Bratt (LA MISSION) and Executive Produced by humanitarian and Grammy Award-winning musician Carlos Santana. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this year and continues to be a favorite on the festival circuit, garnering Audience Awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Houston Latino Film Festival and the Denver Women + Film Festival, as well as receiving the Golden Space Needle Best Documentary Award from the Seattle International Film Festival. Director Peter Bratt joins us for an engaging and lively conversation about a visionary leader who refuses to give into to pessimism and inaction.

For news and updates go to: doloresthemovie.com

Twitter #DOLORESHUERTA

Opens LA / September 8, 2017 / Nuart Theatre

Question and Answers with Dolores Huerta, Peter Bratt, and Carlos Santana in person 9/8

Friday 9/8, 5:00pm – Dolores Huerta and Peter Bratt in-person – Moderated by Mike De la Rocha – Introduced by Maria Elena Durazo

Friday 9/8, 7:30pm – Dolores Huerta, Peter Bratt and Carlos Santana in-person

Moderated by Martin Sheen – Introduced by Andrew Russell, President & CEO (PBS SoCal)

Friday 9/8, 9:55pm – Introduction by Dolores Huerta and Peter Bratt

Saturday 9/9, 7:30pm – Members of the Huerta family, including Camila Chavez, Maria Elena Chavez and Rick Chavez, in-person – Moderated by Shane Murphy Goldsmith  (Liberty Hill Foundation)

100% on Rotten Tomatoes

“‘Dolores’ is a documentary that celebrates a hero, but it’s no hagiography. Its subject wouldn’t stand for that.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“As a girl, she says, she had wanted to be a dancer. In some way you can see that in her work: She has made activism an art form.” – Ken Jaworowsky, New York Times

“Bratt masterfully corrects the record … revealing a charismatic, complicated woman who persevered – despite the disruption to her family and swirling disapproval of her personal life.”  – Daphne Howland, Village Voice