Format:
1 DVD, 94 Min., B&W, DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital sound
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12 cm
Uniform Title:
Salt of the earth
Content:
A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up
Note:
Orig.: USA, 1954
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"Filmmaker approved version"--Container. - Filmed in New Mexico in 1953
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Enth. Chronology of the film's production and distribution; production photos; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer; editing and shooting notes; a history of the strike the film is based on accompanied by pictures; history of the Hollywood blacklist; Congressional testimony of the blacklisted filmmakers; the documentary "The Hollywood ten" (about blacklisted writers and directors who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947 and were imprisoned for contempt of Congress)
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Ländercode 1
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Sprache: Englisch
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
New Mexico
;
Streik
;
Bergmann
;
Chicanos
;
Film
;
DVD-Video
Author information:
Revueltas, Rosaura 1910-1996
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