Salt of the Earth (1954)

At last, an honest movie about American working people

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.

• Release Date: 1954-03-14
• Runtime: 1h 34min
• Production Company: Independent Production Company (IPC)
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Herbert J. Biberman