Salt of the Earth

Release Date:
Mar 14, 1954
Running Time:
1:34
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Herbert J. Biberman
Cast:
Rosaura Revueltas Esperanza Quintero
Juan Chacon Ramon Quintero
Will Geer Sheriff
Adolfo Barela Miner
David Wolfe Barton
Melvin Williams Hartwell
David Sarvis Alexander
Henrietta Williams Teresa Vidal
Ernest Velasquez Charley Vidal
Angela Sanchez
Producers:
Adolfo Barela , Sonja Dahl Biberman , Paul Jarrico
Writers:
Michael Biberman, Michael Wilson
Language:
English
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Salt of the Earth

At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.

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