| Description |
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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United States https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Note |
Title from disc surface. |
| Cast |
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer. |
| Credits |
Camera, Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith; music, Sol Kaplan; editors, Ed Speigel, Joan Laird. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
| Event |
Filmed in New Mexico in 1953. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Note |
Dolby digital sound. |
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Special features: chronology of the film's production and distribution; production photos; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer; editing and shooting notes; a history of the strike the film is based on accompanied by pictures; 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). |
| 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. |
| Awards |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Actress, Rosaura Revueltas, and Crystal Globe Award for Best Picture, 1954; Académie du Cinéma de Paris, International Grand Prize, 1955. |
| Subject |
Strikes and lockouts -- Zinc mining -- New Mexico -- Drama.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Zinc mining. |
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New Mexico. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Miners -- Labor unions -- New Mexico -- Drama.
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Miners -- Labor unions. |
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Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama.
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Mexican Americans. |
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Blacklisting of entertainers -- Drama.
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Blacklisting of entertainers. |
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Motion pictures, American.
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Historical films.
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Historical films.
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Populist films.
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Populist films.
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Social problem -- Feature.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.), director.
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Jarrico, Paul, producer.
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Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978, screenwriter.
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Revueltas, Rosaura, actor.
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Chacón, Juan, 1919-1985, actor.
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Geer, Will, actor.
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Independent Productions Corporation.
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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers.
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Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
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Organa (Firm)
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Play on Productions (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Salt of the earth (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81005156
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Hollywood ten.
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| Standard No. |
013023002593 |
| Music No. |
DVD1005 Pioneer |
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