Free screening of the documentary about activist Dolores Huerta.
Part of the Lummis Days festival that celebrates arts and culture in Northeast Los Angeles.
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. Directed by Peter Bratt
The film will be followed by a panel Q & A session with union organizer & CA Senate candidate Maria Elena Durazo and Chicana historian Ana Elizabeth Rosas. It will be led by Chicano/Latino arts advocate Tomas Benitez
Sponsored by: KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles / 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, Highland Park Independent Film Festival - HPIFF, Institute for the Study of Los Angeles - Occidental College, Occidental College Media Arts & Culture Department
