Salt of the Earth (1954)
Starring Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
The issues the miners strike for include equity in wages with Anglo workers, and health and safety issues. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but at home he treats his wife, Esperanza Quintero, as a second class citizen. Esperanza, who is pregnant with their third child, is usually passive, but she changes her attitude when the men are forced to end their picketing by a Taft-Hartley Act injuction.
Runtime: 94 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: English,Spanish
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,History
Keywords: strike
Cast
Esperanza Quintero
Ramon Quintero
Sheriff
Barton
Hartwell
Alexander
Frank Barnes
Ruth Barnes
Teresa Vidal
Charley Vidal
Consuelo Ruiz
Sal Ruiz
Luz Morales
Antonio Morales
Sebasatian Prieto
Vance
Kimbrough
Jenkins