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Women's History Month Film Screening, Dolores

Women's History Month Film Screening, Dolores

Join us for a screening of Dolores on Monday, March 25th at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Terri Hatfield at 706-542-2846 

The Women's History Month Film Screenings are co-sponsored by the UGA Institute for Women's Studies and Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law.

More About the Film
One of the most important, yet least known activists of our time, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in founding the first farm workers union with César Chávez. Tirelessly leading the fight for racial and labor justice, Huerta evolved into one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century — and she continues the fight to this day, in her late 80s. With unprecedented access to this intensely private mother of 11, Peter Bratt's film Dolores chronicles Huerta’s life from her childhood in Stockton, California to her early years with the United Farm Workers, from her work with the headline-making grape boycott launched in 1965 to her role in the feminist movement of the '70s, to her continued work as a fearless activist. Featuring interviews with Gloria Steinem, Luis Valdez, Angela Davis, her children and more, Dolores is an intimate and inspiring portrait of a passionate champion of the oppressed and an indomitable woman willing to accept the personal sacrifices involved in committing one’s life to social change. (via pbs.org)

 

Date:
Monday, March 25, 2019
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Special Collections Auditorium
Campus:
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library
Categories:
  Film screening     Special Collections  

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