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Salt of the Earth
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.
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Director: Herbert J. Biberman, Jules Schwerin
Actors: Clinton Jencks, David Bauer, David Sarvis, Ernesto Velázquez, Henrietta Williams, Juan Chacón, Mervin Williams, Rosaura Revueltas, Virginia Jencks, Will Geer
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