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Dolores

2017 · Movie · 95 min · ★ 6.0 · 90% critics

Documentary

A determined labor organizer challenges 1950s gender expectations while helping build a groundbreaking farm workers’ union. As the movement grows, the fight expands beyond workplace rights into equality within the organization itself, balancing family pressures, personal setbacks, and escalating threats while shaping a broader vision of justice.

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Details
Years
2017
Release date
2017-01-20
Language
English
Runtime
95 min
Critic score
90/100
TMDB rating
6.0/10 (6 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an inspiring, issue-driven documentary about labor rights, representation, and personal sacrifice, with a strong activist focus; Not for you if you dislike slower stretches or heavy subject matter like The Disappearance of Shere Hite.

Pros: inspiring real-life story; informative and moving; highlights underrecognized work | Cons: drags in final stretch; uneven pacing; could be shorter

Cast & crew

Directed by Peter Bratt