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Salt of the earth /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FB0002 | Film Detective Language: eng Subtitle language: eng Series: Restored classics, the Film Detective archivePublisher: [Rockport, Massachusetts] : The Film Detective, LLC [c2015]Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Salt of the earth (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72  23
Production credits:
  • Camera, Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith; music, Sol Kaplan; editors, Ed Speigel, Joan Laird.
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.
Cast: Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer. Summary: Salt of the Earth centers on a long, difficult, workers' strike against a mining company in new Mexico. Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) fights for equity of wages as well as health and safety issues, but at home he mistreats his wife, Esperanza.When the men are forced to end their picketing, Esperanza joins the other women who demand to play a role in the strike, against their husband's wishes. Written, directed, and produced by members of the original blacklisted "Hollywood Ten," Salt of the Earth is a powerful, persuasive drama that educates and inspires.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00132 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050275114

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.

"The only US blacklisted film"--Container.

Filmed in New Mexico in 1953.

Blu-ray, (1:33:1 ) presentation; requires Blu-ray player; Dolby Digital

In English.

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.

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