Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
Overview
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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Cast
Rosaura Revueltas
Juan Chacón
Will Geer
David Bauer
Mervin Williams
David Sarvis
Clinton Jencks
Virginia Jencks
Henrietta Williams
Ernesto Velázquez
Ángela Sánchez
Joe T. Morales
Clorinda Alderette
Charles Coleman
Víctor Torres
E.A. Rockwell
William Rockwell
Floyd Bostick
Crew
Herbert J. Biberman
Paul Jarrico
Jules Schwerin
Stanley Meredith
Leonard Stark
Ed Spiegel
Joan Laird
Sol Kaplan
Jules Schwerin
Jules Schwerin
Simon Lazarus
Herbert J. Biberman
