Salt of the Earth

⁣Salt of the Earth is a groundbreaking and controversial American drama inspired by a real-life miners' strike in New Mexico. The film centers around Mexican-American zinc miners who fight for safer working conditions, equal wages, and basic human dignity against an oppressive mining company. As tensions rise, the struggle extends beyond the picket line and into the home, where the wives of the miners step forward to take an active role in the fight.
Notable for its progressive themes and ahead-of-its-time portrayal of feminist and labor rights issues, Salt of the Earth features a predominantly non-professional cast, including actual miners and their families. Blacklisted during the McCarthy era for its perceived leftist sympathies, the film was suppressed upon release but has since gained recognition as a powerful piece of political cinema and a landmark in American independent film history.
Bold, raw, and deeply human, Salt of the Earth stands as a defiant testament to solidarity, justice, and the enduring power of collective action.

• Sterne

  Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer, David Wolfe, David Sarvis, Mervin Williams

• Hersteller

  Paul Jarrico

• Veröffentlichung

  1954

• Land

  United States

• Qualität

  HD-TV

• Kategorie