Salt of the Earth

Film · 1954 · 94 min

Salt of the Earth

At last, an honest movie about American working people

TMDB★ 7.0· 104 votes on TMDB

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Directed by: Herbert J. Biberman

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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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