Salt of the Earth (1954)'s comments

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senorroboto

It's amazing to think that this film, for its sins of promoting gender equality and how to stand up to unsafe work environments and unsanitary living conditions via organized labor, suffered the following fate:

FBI investigated its financing
Film set was shot at by anti-Communist vigilantes
Lead actress was deported to Mexico
American Legion boycotted
Film labs were told to not to work on it and unionized projectionists instructed not to show it
Only screened by 12 theaters nationally

It's one of the most compassionate and moving films I've ever seen. Highly recommend.

4 years 3 months ago

SpacePauls

I watched this movie 70 years after it was made and large capital is still being bastards to the working class. Nothing has changed.

2 years 3 months ago

andype

Great movie, with all these non-prof actors! I've really enjoyed this picture. Today it is barely possible to show this one in USA of Trump.

7 years ago

imokaylarry

Absolutely brilliant film - currently available on Kanopy in the UK.
I didn’t think I was eligible for Kanopy because my county library doesn’t have it, but I found out that I’m able to join the neighbouring county’s library too - all very easy to do so worth checking even if you think you don’t have access to it.

2 years 11 months ago