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While tracing Dolores Huerta's trajectory through radical social and cultural movements of the past 50 years, Dolores provides an unflinching look at the barriers faced by women and people of color within the very communities they're fighting for.

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My Omaha

six dwarfs standing in a line facing the camera standing in a line

The Tallest Dwarf

Film subject Vivien smiling while looking at a large spool of film stills

Vivien’s Wild Ride

cartoon of grey haired older woman semi blurred

TheyDream

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Buried Under Years of Dust

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What Will I Become?

Delwin Fiddler Jr. and daughter Kassi Fiddler in Eagle Butte South Dakota

Without Arrows

Man standing in Japanese garden

Far East L.A.

Two men one looking older and one younger focusing on road cycling

Bike Vessel

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women in prison wearing orange jumpsuits and lining up

Belly of the Beast

Chasing Voices: The Story of John P. Harrington

Chol Soo Lee and news press

Free Chol Soo Lee

woman walking through vineyard in Napa

Harvest Season

Jewel Wilson on boat with her father

Jewel’s Hunt

family members at a wedding in Taipel, Taiwan

Light of the Setting Sun

veteran Elizabeth and husband Marcos holding their daughters

Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

My Country, No More signature image featuring oil derrick in the middle of a farm

My Country No More

Nina and Irene

My Tiger Mom

Navarro Scott Momaday and his family

N. Scott Momaday: Words From A Bear

No Más Bebés

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Mental Health Care in Rural America

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