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A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcom...

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Other Authors: Meredith, Stanley (Cinematographer), Stark, Leonard (Cinematographer), Wilson, Michael 1914-1978 (Screenwriter), Revueltas, Rosaura 1910-1996 (Actor), Chacón, Juan 1916-1985 (Actor), Geer, Will 1902-1978 (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:English
Published: Narberth, Pa. Alpha Video 2004
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Summary:A semidocumentary of the year-long struggle by Chicano zinc miners in New Mexico striking against unsafe working conditions. When an injunction is issued against the workers from picketing, the wives take up battle with a fury, leaving the husbands to care for home and children. They finally overcome the forces of the mine owner and the law that backs them up
Item Description:Orig.: USA, 1954
"Filmmaker approved version"--Container. - Filmed in New Mexico in 1953
Enth. Chronology of the film's production and distribution; production photos; biographies; filmographies; theatrical trailer; editing and shooting notes; a history of the strike the film is based on accompanied by pictures; history of the Hollywood blacklist; Congressional testimony of the blacklisted filmmakers; the documentary "The Hollywood ten" (about blacklisted writers and directors who defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947 and were imprisoned for contempt of Congress)
Physical Description:1 DVD, 94 Min., B&W, DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital sound 12 cm
Format:Ländercode 1

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