Salt of the Earth (1954)
The Only Blacklisted American Film Banned!
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.
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Writer: Michael Wilson
This film was made by blacklisted film-makers in retaliation for being blacklisted. They reasoned that since they weren’t allowed to work in Hollywood, they might as well make a film as pro-Communist as possible to fit the “crime” for which they had been accused by the Un-American House Activities Committee.
Stars: Juan Chacón, Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer
Genres: Classics, Drama, History
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00:00 Full Length Movie
04:32 Deadly Dynamite
05:47 Family financial stresses
09:26 Discrimination debates
16:20 Accident alarm
21:15 Union meeting
25:01 Equality picket line
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