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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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
Uniform Title:Salt of the earth (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Kaplan, Sol (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Independent Productions Corporation
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers
Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
Organa (Firm)
Play on Productions (Firm)
Other Authors: Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 (Screenwriter)
Jarrico, Paul (Producer)
Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.) (Director)
Revueltas, Rosaura (Actor)
Chacón, Juan (Actor)
Geer, Will (Actor)
Wolfe, David, 1915-1994 (Actor)
Sarvis, David (Actor)
Williams, Mervin (Actor)
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Pioneer : Organa : Pop, [1999], ©1999.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining > New Mexico > Drama.
Miners > Labor unions > New Mexico > Drama.
Mexican Americans > New Mexico > Drama.
Blacklisting of entertainers > Drama.
United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities.
Historical films.
Populist films.
Feature films.
Social problem films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Blacklisting of entertainers.
Mexican Americans.
Miners > Labor unions.
Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining.
New Mexico.
Social problem > Feature.
Genre:
Drama.
Historical films.
Populist films.
Feature films.
Social problem films.
Fiction films.
Social problem
Feature.
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 released as a motion picture in 1953.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF4 D0008800 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Actress, Rosaura Revueltas, and Crystal Globe Award for Best Picture, 1954; Académie du Cinéma de Paris, International Grand Prize, 1955.
National Film Registry, 1992.
Credits:Camera, Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith; music, Sol Kaplan; editors, Ed Speigel, Joan Laird.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital sound.
Cast:
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis, Mervin Williams.
Event Details:
Filmed in New Mexico in 1953.