Salt of the earth, Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico ; written by Michael Wilson
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Salt of the earth, Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico ; written by Michael Wilson
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Salt of the earth
Oclc number
42084031
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Filmed in New Mexico in 1953
Responsibility statement
Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico ; written by Michael Wilson
Runtime
94
Summary
A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up
Table Of Contents
Special features: Filmmakers (the blacklisted filmmakers of Salt of the Earth); Cast (the stars and their stories); Theatrical trailer; Production timeline (a chronicle of the troubled shoot, production and distribution of the only U.S. blacklisted film); Editing notes (notes from producer Paul Jarrico to editor Ed Spiegel); Shooting schedule; "The Hollywood ten" (about blacklisted writers and directors who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947 and were imprisoned for contempt of Congress); The Hollywood blacklist (the "blacklist" barred some 214 filmmakers and craftsmen from working in the motion picture industry); The Empire Zinc strike (Salt of the Earth is based on the controversial walkout at the Empire Zinc Company in New Mexico); Photo gallery; DVD credits
Technique
live action
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Genre
Subject
- Ethnic groups -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Latin Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Miners + Labor unions -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Feature films
- Blacklisting of entertainers -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs -- Drama
- Minority groups -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Strikes and lockouts + Zinc mining -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Historical films
- Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
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- Ethnic groups -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Latin Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Miners + Labor unions -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Feature films
- Blacklisting of entertainers -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs -- Drama
- Minority groups -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Strikes and lockouts + Zinc mining -- New Mexico -- Drama
- Historical films
- Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
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