Salt of the Earth
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📋 Details
🎬 Director
✍️ Writers
Michael Wilson
🎥 Producers
Paul Jarrico, Simon Lazarus
🌍 Countries
United States of America
🏢 Production
Intl Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, Independent Production Company (IPC)
🗣️ Languages
English, Spanish
📖 Overview
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 helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, 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.
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