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| Genre/Form: | Drama |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
H J Biberman; Paul Jarrico; Michael Wilson; Rosaura Revueltas; Juan Chacón; Will Geer; Emily James; Jerry Henry; John Berry; Independent Productions Corporation.; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers.; Act Now Productions (Firm); Ironweed Film Club (Firm) |
| OCLC Number: | 86079750 |
| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Special features: three short films: Hollywood ten by John Berry, a 1950 documentary which provides a closer look at the ten blacklisted film writers and directors who defied the U.S. government by refusing to testify during the House anti-Communist hearings (15 min.), Luckiest nut in the world by Emily James, a lesson about the nutty economics of free trade (8 min.) and Something other than other by Jerry A. Henry, in which Henry and his wife discuss discrimination and their dreams for their newborn multiracial son (9 min.). |
| Credits: | Camera, Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith; music, Sol Kaplan; editors, Ed Speigel, Joan Laird. |
| Cast: | Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer. |
| Awards: | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Actress, Rosaura Revueltas, and Crystal Globe Award for Best Picture, 1954; AcadeÌmie du CineÌma de Paris, International Grand Prize, 1955. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen; stereo. |
| Contents: | Salt of the earth (94 min.) -- Hollywood ten (15 min.) -- Luckiest nut in the world (8 min.) -- Something other than other (9 min.) |
| Series Title: | Ironweed film club, no. 4. |
| Other Titles: | Hollywood ten. Luckiest nut in the world. Something other than other. |
| Responsibility: | Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers ; director, Herbert Biberman ; producer, Paul Jarrico ; writer, Michael Wilson. |
Abstract:
Salt of the earth depicts the attempt of a New Mexican mining company to break a union strike of underprivileged Mexican American workers who endeavor to prevent their wives from participation on an equal basis in the strike.
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Related Subjects:(12)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Zinc mining -- New Mexico -- Drama.
- Miners -- New Mexico -- Labor unions -- Drama.
- Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama.
- Women labor union members -- New Mexico -- Drama.
- Mexican American women -- New Mexico -- Drama.
- Blacklisting of entertainers.
- United States. -- Congress. -- House. -- Committee on Un-American Activities.
- Trade regulation.
- Discrimination.
- Racially mixed people.
- Feature films.
- Short films.
