Salt of the Earth
(1954)
★ 7 IMDb · 103 votes
Year: 1954
Runtime: 94 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Cast: Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Уилл Гир, David Bauer, Mervin Williams, David Sarvis, Clinton Jencks, Virginia Jencks, Henrietta Williams, Ernesto Velázquez
Plot
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.