Wednesday, April 26, 2023 5:45pm to 8pm
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1124 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
The Division of Social Sciences is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Peter Bratt.
Doors will open at 5:15 p.m.; the event begins promptly at 5:45 p.m, to honor him at an award ceremony and a public film screening of his documentary, DOLORES. Jennifer Siebel Newsom, award-winning documentary filmmaker and founder of The Representation Project, will provide opening remarks. After the film, Professor Sylvanna M. Falcón will engage in a Q&A dialogue with Peter.
Peter Bratt is a Rockefeller Fellow, a Peabody Award winner, an Emmy-nominated, award-winning film director, writer, producer, and social justice activist. He received a B.A. in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Bratt wrote, produced, and directed DOLORES, a feature documentary about civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, that was executive-produced by legendary musician Carlos Santana. The movie debuted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and has won numerous awards, including a 2018 Peabody Award and a Critic’s Circle Award. Other film work includes Follow Me Home and La Mission, and he also directed the ABC network special called Corazón de América (Soul of a Nation). Peter is also project lead of The Village SF, an innovative planned housing development in San Francisco to meet the holistic needs of Native Americans.
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