Salt of the earth
(1954)

Fiction

eVideo

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Film Detective : Made available through hoopla, 2015
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 video file (ca. 94 min.)) : sd., col

ISBN/ISSN
MWT11420328, 11420328
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Directed by Herbert J. Biberman

Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces

Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer

Not rated

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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