TV Guide: Salt Of The Earth

Video: Salt of the Earth

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Witness the film that dared to defy McCarthy-ravaged Hollywood and the blacklist! Directed in 1953 by one of the infamous "Hollywood Ten," Herbert J. Biberman, Salt of the Earth was a collaborative effort by some of the most notable and talented blacklisted filmmakers, including Michael Wilson (Lawrence of Arabia), Paul Jarrico (Tom, Dick and Harry) and Will Geer (In Cold Blood). Despite severe pressure from the US government and such powerful figures as RKO studio chief Howard Hughes, this award-winning team created one of the most compelling family dramas and heart-rending romances of the 1950s. Based on the 1950 strike by zinc miners of Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers in Silver City, New Mexico, Salt of the Earth explores the complex issues of labor relations, minority rights and the struggle of women to achieve equality in their daily lives. Against a backdrop of social injustice, a riveting family drama is played out by the characters of Ram

Video: Salt of the Earth

Amazon Video on Demand — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Video: Salt of the Earth -- (Movie Clip) Equality

TCM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas) narrates as the wives try to intervene on the strike meeting where Charlie (Ernest Velasquez) and Ruiz (Joe T. Morales) preside, in Salt of the Earth, 1954.

Video: Salt of the Earth -- (Movie Clip) Woodchoppers' Union

TCM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

As Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas) continues her narration, wives of other Hispanic union miners ask her to join them in demanding better sanitation and housing, in Salt of the Earth, 1954.

Video: Salt of the Earth -- (Movie Clip) Open, No Beginning

TCM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Opening title sequence and the beginning of Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas) narrating the story from Salt of the Earth, 1954, shot on location New Mexico.

Video: Salt of the Earth -- (Movie Clip) Up To You, Brothers

TCM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An accident at the mine becomes the catalyst for a strike, as Alexander (Mervin Williams) orders the Hispanics back to work, and union men Barnes (Clinton Jencks) and Ruiz (Joe T. Morales) refuse, in Salt of the Earth, 1954.