DVD
Salt of the earth
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; Full screen version.
Performers
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer.
Publication Information
[Los Angeles] : Organa, [1999]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Series
Summary
Based on the 1950 strike by zinc miners of Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers in Silver City, New Mexico, this film explores the complex issues of labor relations, minority rights and the struggle of women to achieve equality in their daily lives.
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: a chronicle of the film's troubled production and distribution; production photos; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer; editing and shooting notes; a history of the strike upon which the film is based; a 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).