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American Agitators (2026)

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  • Fri, Jul 3

Director: Raymond Telles Run Time: 94 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026

Country: United States
Language:
English

About the film:
The story of activist Fred Ross, who helped invent modern organizing. He and his son, Fred Ross, Jr. Left a legacy and a set of techniques that are still used today.

About the filmmaker:
Raymond Telles is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has explored history, social justice, and the Latino experience for more than three decades. His acclaimed films include The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle, Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey, The Storm that Swept Mexico, and American Agitators. A producer and director for PBS, ABC, NBC, National Geographic, and Discovery, Telles has received numerous honors, including Emmy, Peabody, duPont-Columbia, and ALMA Awards, and is also a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley.

 

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