"Bratts mother was an activist, involved in the American Indian Movement's occupation of Alcatraz Island between 1969 and 71. His passion for telling Huerta's story came from a frustration at her erasure. When he sent out his archival producer, Jennifer Petrucelli, to find footage of Huerta, he was shocked at the bulk of discoveries. 'Jen literally criss-crossed the country to visit archives,' he says, speaking of the 'treasure troves' of documentation of the activist's work, of which the documentary is comprised. 'I kept thinking, "For a person that people were saying now was unimportant, news crews and journalists and others sure did put their camera on her a lot in that time."'"
April Wolfe in the LA Weekly discusses the new documentary about Dolores Huerta.
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