Salt of the Earth (Part 1)

"Salt of the Earth" was produced, written and directed by victims of the Hollywood blacklist. Unable to make films in Hollywood, they looked for worthy social issues to put on screen independently. This film never would have been made in Hollywood at the time, so it is ironic that it was the anti-communist backlash that brought about the conditions for it to be made. In many ways it was a film ahead of its time. Mainstream culture did not pick up on its civil rights and feminist themes for at least a decade.

"Salt of the Earth" tells the tale of a real life strike by Mexican-American miners. The story is set in a remote New Mexico town where the workers live in a company town, in company-owned shacks without basic plumbing. Put at risk by cost cutting bosses, the miners strike for safe working conditions. As the strike progresses, the issues at stake grow, driven by the workers' wives. At first the wives are patronized by the traditional patriarchal culture. However, they assert themselves as equals and an integral part of the struggle, calling for improved sanitation and dignified treatment. Ultimately, when the bosses win a court order against the workers preventing them from demonstrating, gender roles reverse with the wives taking over the picket line and preventing scab workers from being brought in while the husbands stay at home and take care of house and children.

This film was selected for the National Film Registry in 1992 by the Library of Congress. It became public domain after its copyright was not renewed in 1982.

For more about "Salt of the Earth," visit its IMDB page @ http://imdb.com/title/tt0047443/

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGgZRij1sWU

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkw865JzlAM

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL6FfWChdwY

Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8NS0rK_VLQ

Part 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd7KwUQOaNU

Part 6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf-vdW-EhMY

Part 7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjJjMEBOQk

Part 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCdfrrLTNAQ

Part 9:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-VBKgHBqsU

Part 10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twVeVKZa_IE


DOWNLOAD A QUICKTIME FILE OF THE FILM IN ITS ENTIRETY @ http://www.archive.org/details/salt_of_the_earth

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[1ballz08]

So why were the makerz (the writerz, producerz and director) of this film blacklisted in Hollywood?

[FlintPublic]

@1ballz08 They were victims of Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy's communist witch hunt.

[SLACKER614]

im watching this film on TCM...classic struggle...should be viewed by all interested in justice...we must destroy capitalism..imperialism and the american empire..

[FlintPublic]

@SLACKER614 Here, here!

[karaokesinger83]

my grandfather played luis quintero.... :) 

[SpectacleofDebord]

Capitalism is tyranny, always.

[1ballz08]

@FlintPublic Ah, I see. Thanx for that info, Flint. I'll definitely have to look into this more. :)

[redwallace]

@karaokesinger83 Your grandfather made history. Thanks for posting! Mujeres en La Lucha- March on May 1st!!



[outerspaceoutpost]

Yes, life is very hard, but this couple isn't going to get anywhere if they don't stop bickering & try to understand one another & work together & that's in any year. It's easier to break one stick than two or more. Thanks FlintPublic & my heart really goes out to the children who suffers most of all. Blessings to you..

[RevelationWarriors]

without consumers, the rich are powerless. we must buy their product or services to make them rich. they employ us and pay us, so we can buy more products. and if they give us shit, we won't take it. thanks for uploading this film.

...and that was the most epic wood chopping ever. lol

[MrDavito2]

thats why the rent a centers are in black neighborhoods.