¡Sí se puede!
Dolores Huerta, the iconic Chicana labor leader, civil rights activist and working mother who scarcely needs an introduction, turns 95 on April 10, a day the state of California recognizes as Dolores Huerta Day.
For San Antonio’s part, the local outpost of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in partnership with the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute will screen the 2017 documentary Dolores on Tuesday, April 1. The Peter Bratt-directed film features interviews with towering figures such as Gloria Steinem, Angela Davis, playwright Luis Valdez and, of course, Cesar Chavez.
Over the course of its 90 minutes, the doc spotlights not just Huerta’s instrumental role in the formation of the United Farm Workers and the historic Delano grape strike, but also her continued nonviolent activism in support of women’s rights, LGBT+ rights and the rights of undocumented and working people even in the face of violent threats, beatings and intimidation from those who have only ever done work with their hands when they’re gripping the levers of power.
Free, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, UNAM San Antonio, 600 Hemisfair Plaza, (210) 810-4093, somosmacri.org.
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