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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie peaks about halfway through, when town officials try to stop Perry from revealing what's going on.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe town's entrenched racism is impossible to ignore, but the efforts toward change make a compelling history.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerFascinating assemblage combines strike footage first shot in 1979 by Perry when he was working for the Texas Farm Workers Union with film and video lensed over the ensuing 20-plus years.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxPerry's careful juxtaposition of images showing the town's sad present with footage of what it's long ceased to be is positively haunting.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAn ultimately moving effort that well illustrates the often hopeless situation faced by the people whose lives it depicts.
- 60The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonNot everything Perry's voices say seems relevant to his central thesis, but they speak fervently and colorfully, and their intensity is compelling even when their message is lacking.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceMost of the best moments in Hart Perry's latest documentary can be found in its opening half-hour, a vivid record of a 1979 strike by Mexican American migrant farmworkers in the onion fields of Raymondville, Texas.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThat's all laudable - but Perry, a longtime filmmaker, should have given the doc more urgency and punch.