Salt of the Earth (1954)
Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of Salt of the Earth
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Robert P. Kolker Politics goes to the movies, Hollywood, Europe, and beyond London & New York, 2018 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993 |
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| Frank N. Magill (ed.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1987, A Survey of the Films of 1986 Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1987 |
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Articles on Salt of the Earth
| James J. Lorence, The suppression of Salt of the Earth in Midwest America, The underside of Cold War culture in Detroit and Chicago, in: Film History, vol. 10, 1998 pp. 346-358 |
