Salt of the Earth (movie)
- User score: 6.9
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Herbert J. Biberman
- Production companies: Intl Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, Independent Production Company (IPC)
- Genre: Drama, History
- Release date: 3/14/1954
- Run time: 94 min.
Movie description
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
