Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
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| Will Geer | ... | Sheriff | |
| David Wolfe | ... | Barton | |
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David Sarvis | ... | Alexander |
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Mervin Williams | ... | Hartwell |
| Rosaura Revueltas | ... | Esperanza Quintero | |
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E.A. Rockwell | ... | Vance |
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William Rockwell | ... | Kimbrough |
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Juan Chacón | ... | Ramon Quintero (as Juan Chacon) |
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Henrietta Williams | ... | Teresa Vidal |
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Ángela Sánchez | ... | Consuelo Ruiz (as Angela Sanchez) |
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Clorinda Alderette | ... | Luz Morales |
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Virginia Jencks | ... | Ruth Barnes |
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Clinton Jencks | ... | Frank Barnes |
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Joe T. Morales | ... | Sal Ruiz |
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Ernest Velasquez | ... | Charley Vidal (as Ernest Velasquez) |
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Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces. Written by Bob Shields <rshields@igc.apc.org>
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14 March 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Independent Productions,The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers See more »
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HOME OF THE BRAVE AMERICANS WHO PLAYED MOST OF ITS ROLES. See more »
(uncredited)
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Sung by the women on the picket line
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Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. See more »Goofs
When Ramon is in the bar, his hands change position several times between shots. See more »Quotes
Esperanza Quintero: Whose neck shall I stand on to make me feel superior, and what will I have out of it? I don't want anything lower than I am. I am low enough already. I want to rise and to push everything up with me as I go.See more »
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Opening credits prologue: our scene is NEW MEXICO LAND OF THE FREE AMERICANS WHO INSPIRED THIS FILMHOME OF THE BRAVE AMERICANS WHO PLAYED MOST OF ITS ROLES. See more »
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We Shall Not be Moved(uncredited)
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Sung by the women on the picket line
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I had never worked a day of construction until the Summer of 2001. I applied, got hired, and immediately recieved rank of apprentice under the dumbest white guy I'd ever met. While I'm trying to learn maps and numbers, all the minorities were grouped together for the grunt work. I didn't know it, but it seems that there is a war between the whites and the Mexicans on most construction sites, and apparently the port-a-johns are used as the venue for slanderous discussion. Salt of the Earth is almost fifty years old. It illustrates inequality between whites & Chicanos, male & female, and rich & poor. Is it possible that fifty years later nothing has changed? We've achieved nothing as a human race. Sadly, this lack of achievement is what allows this film to have great meaning to modern-day viewers like myself. I've got a tag line for this movie: "Don't fight 'til the end. Fight to win."