Women cannot be written out of history, asserts one of the 11 children of labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, the subject of the powerful documentary “Dolores.”ย Huerta’s contributions were massive, but largely undervalued.
Director Peter Bratt (“La Mission”) is hoping to right that wrong with his comprehensive film chronicling the continuing efforts of Huerta since beginning her work with California farm workers in 1962 and co-founding the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta is 86, but looks a couple decades younger. She is still going strong as a community organizer and made a speech at the Women’s March on Main Saturday morning at the Sundance Film Festival.