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Salt of the Earth (1954)

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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Matt M 17 Dec 2013

Mexican zinc miners fed up with their life threatening conditions revolt. There is a lot to admire in Biberman's film, from its admirable photography to the simplicity of the story that makes some 'different' idealisms seem understandable. Most of all, Salt of the Earth comes across as audacious. Taking on such socialist viewpoints was always going to seem controversial to an American capitalist conservative society out for Communists and blacklisting. In fact, this film became the only American film to get blacklisted. However, The Salt of the Earth seems built around a philosophical context and its structure is dull. All in all, its historical relevance lies in its intention, but the film itself hasn't aged well and doesn't challenge the modern viewer in the way that it probably should have.

Hugo S 11 Oct 2009

Significant themes, entertaining plot, endearing characters, this film just worked, especially with the struggle it was to get it made. Definitely worth seeing.

Martin N 24 Sep 2011

Created by blacklisted professionals (and later made impossible to see), this film is a slap back at HUAC, featuring non-professionals in a moving (though never simplistic) tale of a miners' strike in New Mexico. Not only dramatizing the difficulties (and ultimate payoffs) involved in worker solidarity but also tackling racism and sexism. Ultimately, it is the miners' wives (and widows) who save the day. An alternate reality for America that was successfully beaten down?

Bob M 10 Jul 2007

When long-time film critic Philip French of The Observor published a list in the summer of 2006 of 50 lost film classics Salt of the Earth was number one. In late 1947, the blacklist of "communist sympathizers" was initiated by the studios and no one on that list could be hired. A group of great artists on the no-hire list formed their own production company and in 1953 filmed the true story of a zinc miners strike in N.M. in 1950 which was extended by Mexican-American women hitting the picket lines after men were banned from striking. Everyone involved in filming including the crew was on the blacklist, or an activist. The film was only allowed access on 12 screens in the USA, as it was denounced by the FBI as sympathetic to socialism. The film, directed by Herbert Biberman - one of the Hollywood Ten - was not widely seen until the 1960's. It's a rare treat and apparently now out on DVD.

Robert N 21 Feb 2010

Most of the actors and actresses were non-professionals giving clunky readings, but the leads Rosaura Revueltas and Juan ChacÃ³n more than made up for it. I got choked up at a few parts, and cheered when the mass of picketing wives of miners pulled cops out of their charging cars and sent them packing.