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- 1954
- Not Rated
- Independent Productions
- 1 h 34 m
- 1954
- Not Rated
- Independent Productions
- 1 h 34 m
Summary Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Directed By: Herbert J. Biberman
Written By: Michael Wilson
- 1954
- Not Rated
- Independent Productions
- 1 h 34 m
- 1954
- Not Rated
- Independent Productions
- 1 h 34 m
Salt of the Earth
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Summary Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Directed By: Herbert J. Biberman
Written By: Michael Wilson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
74
86% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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The film rises above the level of agitprop by avoiding sloganeering and using the real words of real people to tell its story. Its feminism, too, is real and unforced, with women simply being shown struggling alongside--and when necessary defying--their male counterparts.
Leftist propaganda of a very high order, powerful and intelligent even when the film registers in spots as naive or dated.
The film's targets multiply - workers' rights, racism, feminism - and for 1953 this is pretty amazing.
Salt of the Earth has humour, genuine feeling and great sincerity: it's a film about hope.
A pedagogical tone, reminiscent of the 30s, is maintained throughout much of the movie: these strikers are always teaching each other little constructive lessons, and their dialogue is blown up to the rank of folk wisdom.
Salt of the Earth is a good, highly dramatic and emotion-charged piece of work that tells its story straight. It is, however, a propaganda picture which belongs in union halls rather than theatres.
The hard-focus, realistic quality of the picture's photography and style completes its characterization as a calculated social document.
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Awards
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
