Salt of the earth / Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers ; director, Herbert Biberman ; producer, Paul Jarrico ; writer, Michael Wilson.

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Salt of the earth depicts the attempt of a New Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged Mexican American workers who endeavor to prevent their wives from participation on an equal basis in the strike.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Ironweed film club ; no. 4.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Independent Productions Corporation
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers
Act Now Productions (Firm)
Ironweed Film Club (Firm)
Other Authors: Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.)
Jarrico, Paul
Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978
Revueltas, Rosaura
Chacón, Juan
Geer, Will
James, Emily
Henry, Jerry
Berry, John, 1917-1999
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, Calif.] : Act Now Productions : [distributed by] Ironweed Film Club, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Ironweed film club ; no. 4.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining > New Mexico > Drama.
Miners > Labor unions > New Mexico > Drama.
Mexican Americans > New Mexico > Drama.
Women labor union members > New Mexico > Drama.
Mexican American women > New Mexico > Drama.
Blacklisting of entertainers.
Trade regulation.
Discrimination.
Racially mixed people.
Feature films.
Short films.
Mexican American women.
Mexican Americans.
Miners > Labor unions.
Strikes and lockouts > Zinc mining.
Women labor union members.
United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities.
Drama.
New Mexico.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Salt of the earth depicts the attempt of a New Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged Mexican American workers who endeavor to prevent their wives from participation on an equal basis in the strike.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: three short films: Hollywood ten by John Berry, a 1950 documentary which provides a closer look at the ten blacklisted film writers and directors who defied the U.S. government by refusing to testify during the House anti-Communist hearings (15 min.), Luckiest nut in the world by Emily James, a lesson about the nutty economics of free trade (8 min.) and Something other than other by Jerry A. Henry, in which Henry and his wife discuss discrimination and their dreams for their newborn multiracial son (9 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:CN1 D0063616 VideoDVD
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.
Credits:Camera, Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith; music, Sol Kaplan; editors, Ed Speigel, Joan Laird.
System Details:DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen; stereo.
Cast:
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer.