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Salt of the Earth
Rated NR · 94 minutes · 1954
Drama
Drama
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 (Juan Chacon) helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas), 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.
Director: Herbert Biberman
Writer: Michael Biberman and Michael Wilson
Producer: Adolfo Barela, Sonja Biberman and Paul Jarrico
Cast: Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacon, Will Geer, Adolfo Barela, David Wolfe, Melvin Williams, David Sarvis, Henrietta Williams, Ernest Velasquez and Angela Sanchez
Writer: Michael Biberman and Michael Wilson
Producer: Adolfo Barela, Sonja Biberman and Paul Jarrico
Cast: Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacon, Will Geer, Adolfo Barela, David Wolfe, Melvin Williams, David Sarvis, Henrietta Williams, Ernest Velasquez and Angela Sanchez