Salt of the earth / [presented by] Independent Productions Corporation and the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers ; by Michael Wilson ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico.

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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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Uniform Title:	Salt of the earth (Motion picture) Alpha video classics. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Independent Productions Corporation (Production company) International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (sponsoring body.) Alpha Video Distributors (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.) (Director) Jarrico, Paul (Producer) Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978 (Screenwriter) Revueltas, Rosaura (Actor) Chacón, Juan (Actor) Geer, Will (Actor) Wolfe, David, 1915-1994 (Actor) Sarvis, David (Actor) Williams, Mervin (Actor) Kaplan, Sol (composer (expression))
Language:	English
Published:	Narberth, Pa. : Alpha Video Classics, [2004]
Series:	Alpha video classics. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining > New Mexico > Drama. Miners > Labor unions > New Mexico > Drama. Mexican Americans > New Mexico > Drama. Mexican Americans. Miners > Labor unions. Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining. New Mexico. Feature films. Populist films. Fiction films. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Populist films. Fiction films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD