Director Gregory Nava is paying tribute to civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, who died Wednesday at 96. Huerta introduced Nava to his wife, Barbara Martinez Jitner, and served as a witness at their wedding. In the last years of her life, she sat with them for more than 70 hours and told them things she […]
Director Gregory Nava Remembers Dolores Huerta, the Civil Rights Icon Who Introduced Him to His Wife and Trusted Them With Her Life Story
Director Gregory Nava is paying tribute to civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, who died Wednesday at 96. Huerta introduced Nava to his wife, Barbara Martinez Jitner, and served as a witness at their wedding. In the last years of her…
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