| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
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Title from container. |
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Special features: 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). |
| Credits |
Camera, Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith ; music, Sol Kaplan ; editors, Ed Speigel, Joan Laird. |
| Cast |
Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacón, Will Geer. |
| Event |
Filmed in New Mexico in 1953. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Awards |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Best Actress, Rosaura Revueltas, and Crystal Globe Award for Best Picture, 1954; Académie du Cinéma de Paris, International Grand Prize, 1955. |
| Subject |
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Zinc mining -- New Mexico -- drama.
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Miners -- Labor unions -- New Mexico -- Drama.
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Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Drama.
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Blacklisting of entertainers -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films
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Populist films
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| Added Author |
Biberman, H. J. (Herbert J.) Director.
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Jarrico, Paul. Producer.
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Wilson, Michael, 1914-1978. Screenwriter.
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Revueltas, Rosaura. Actor.
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Chacón, Juan. Actor.
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Geer, Will. Actor.
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Independent Productions Corporation.
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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers.
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Organa (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Hollywood ten.
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| Standard No. |
891273002125 |
| Music No. |
ORG1007 Organa |
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