Bibliograph

Salt of the earth, Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico ; written by Michael Wilson

Type

Label

Salt of the earth, Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico ; written by Michael Wilson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Salt of the earth

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

42084031

resource.otherEventInformation

Filmed in New Mexico in 1953

Responsibility statement

Independent Productions Corporation ; International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers present ; directed by Herbert Biberman ; produced by Paul Jarrico ; written by Michael Wilson

Runtime

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Special features: Filmmakers (the blacklisted filmmakers of Salt of the Earth); Cast (the stars and their stories); Theatrical trailer; Production timeline (a chronicle of the troubled shoot, production and distribution of the only U.S. blacklisted film); Editing notes (notes from producer Paul Jarrico to editor Ed Spiegel); Shooting schedule; "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); The Hollywood blacklist (the "blacklist" barred some 214 filmmakers and craftsmen from working in the motion picture industry); The Empire Zinc strike (Salt of the Earth is based on the controversial walkout at the Empire Zinc Company in New Mexico); Photo gallery; DVD credits

Technique

live action

Classification