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 |
| 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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Independent Productions,The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers See more »
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Ramon Quintero: It isn't right, she says. Was it right that we bought this... this instrument? But you *had* to have it, didn't you. It was *nice* to listen to.
Esperanza Quintero: I listen to it... every night... when you are out at the beer parlor.
Ramon Quintero: 'No money down'. 'Easy term payments'. I tell you something -...
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Opening credits: The characters depicted in this photoplay are fictional. See more »Goofs
When Ramon is in the bar, his hands change position several times between shots. See more »Quotes
Esperanza Quintero: Ramon, I don't like to bother you, but the store, they say, uh, we will not make another payment on the radio this month, they'll come and take it away... We're only one payment behind... I argued with her. It isn't right.Ramon Quintero: It isn't right, she says. Was it right that we bought this... this instrument? But you *had* to have it, didn't you. It was *nice* to listen to.
Esperanza Quintero: I listen to it... every night... when you are out at the beer parlor.
Ramon Quintero: 'No money down'. 'Easy term payments'. I tell you something -...
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We Shall Not be Moved(uncredited)
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At the height of anti-communist paranoia this film was bound to be blacklisted. But its realism, naturalism, cinematography and significant plot make it a work of art. A harsh yet beautiful one. And one that has aged well - not dating itself at all even after the fall of communism. Things were never as simple as a duel. They are even less so now. And much of our hope resides with the fact that within the remaining superpower dissent should be at the very least tolerated - at best a multiplicity of views encouraged.