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The Salt of the Earth (also released under the French title Le sel de la terre) is a 2014 internationally co-produced biographical documentary film directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. It portrays the works of Salgado's father, the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.
- $3.6 million
- Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
- Decia Films
- Laurent Petitgand
With Will Geer, David Bauer, David Sarvis, Mervin Williams. 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.
- (3.9K)
- Drama, History
- Herbert J. Biberman
- 1954-10-20
Salt of the Earth is a 1954 American drama film written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico. All had been blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their alleged involvement in communist politics.
- $250,000
- Sol Kaplan
- March 14, 1954 (New York City)
- Paul Jarrico
This film--blacklisted in the USA for 11 years and not shown there until 1965--looks at a group of Hispanic miners who are long-time residents of New Mexico. Esperanza Quintero, her husband Ramon, and their three children live in company-provided housing with poor sanitation facilities.
Oct 15, 2014 · Edit page. The Salt of the Earth: Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders. With Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
- (23K)
- Documentary, Biography, History
- Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
- 2014-10-15
Mar 27, 2015 · For his latest documentary, "The Salt of the Earth," one of the nominees for this year's Oscar for Best Documentary, Wenders trains his camera on photographer Sebastiao Salgado and the result, though not without flaws, is an invigorating and interesting observation of the man, his work and the entire medium of photography.
Jul 31, 2021 · Audaciously made during the middle of HUAC witch-hunt by a blacklisted crew of artists, Salt of the Earth dramatizes the 1951-52 Mexican-American miners’ strike for wage justice and safe working conditions at a New Mexico zinc mine.
