Salt of the Earth (1954)
7.1102 votesHD1h 34mReleased
At last, an honest movie about American working people
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.
- Released
- Mar 14, 1954
- Director
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Writer
- Michael Wilson
- Studio
- Independent Production Company (IPC)
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States
