Review of Salt of the Earth (1954) by Lynn B — 13 Jan 2008
I love the boldness of this movie in showing the day to day life struggles of a tiny community and their effects on the making of history. This community, in the face of attacks on their livelihoods became involved in a battle for survival and in doing so became the engineers of their futures.
They also added to the collective experience of the struggle against oppression. This tiny, under resourced community took on the power of an international mining corporation and the US legal system that supported it.
The interweaving of the class oppression with gender oppression and race inequalities is fantastically done and so often invisible in representations of struggle. The real life struggle involved in the making of this movie adds to the greatness of it's achievement.
The quality of the filmic techniques are not fabulous but the raw delivery only adds to the ability of the film to draw us in.
This review of Salt of the Earth (1954) was written by Lynn B on 13 Jan 2008.
Salt of the Earth has generally received very positive reviews.
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