Salt of the earth

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: MWT11420328Series: Restored classics, the Film Detective archivePublisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2015Distributor: Made available through hooplaDescription: 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 94 minutes)) : sound, colorContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Audience:
  • Unrated
  • General
Uniform titles:
  • Salt of the earth (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Directed by Herbert J. Biberman.
Cast: Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer.Summary: 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.
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DVD Idaho Springs Public Library DVD Nonfiction DVD NF SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30404100140555

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Directed by Herbert J. Biberman.

Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer.

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.

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