Salt of the earth / by Michael Wilson ; Independent Productions Corporation and the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present.

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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 overcom...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Independent Productions Corporation
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers
Organa (Firm)
Other Authors: Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.)
Jarrico, Paul
Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
Revueltas, Rosaura
Chacón, Juan
Geer, Will
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Organa, [1999]
Edition:Special edition.
Subjects:
Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining > New Mexico > Drama.
Miners > Labor unions > New Mexico > Drama.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
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.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: chronology of the film's production and distribution; production photos; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer; editing and shooting notes; a history of the strike the film is based on accompanied by pictures; history of the Hollywood blacklist; Congressional testimony of the blacklisted filmmakers; the documentary "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)
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.M54 S35 1999 VideoDVD
Credits:Director, Herbert Biberman ; producer, Paul Jarrico ; writer, Michael Wilson.
System Details:DVD-video; Dolby.
Cast:
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer.
Event Details:
Filmed in New Mexico in 1953.