Salt of the Earth
|Salt of the Earth
Status: Released
Runtime: 94
Release Date: 14/03/1954
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: US
Languages: EnglishSpanish
Production: Intl Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter WorkersIndependent Production Company (IPC)
Countries: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
Drama
History
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.
