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"Salt of the Earth" |
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by Mike Lehman
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28 Feb 2001
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"Salt of the Earth" is a film about a 1950 Chicano miner's strike where, due to an injunction, the male miners are banned from the picket line. Their wives and companions take to the picket line, while the men take up domestic duties in the home. The film will be shown, in honor of Chicano History Month, on Monday, March 5th in the Main Lounge of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana at 7pm. A faculty member from the Chicano Studies department will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterwards. |
This film fell astray of the insanity of the McCarthy era, when it was suppressed. Yet today it is one of the top 100 American films chosen to be preserved by the Library of Congress. The actors are largely the actual participants who won the strike.
This event is sponsored by Socialist Forum, a non-sectarian democratic socialist organization that meets the 3rd Saturday of the month, 3-5pm, at the Urbana-Champaign IMC. |
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http://www.organa.com/salt.html
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