The Suppression of Salt of the Earth: How Hollywood, Big Labor, and Politicians Blacklisted a Movie in the American Cold War

by James J. Lorence

Book Overview

This impassioned history tells a story of censorship and politics during the early Cold War. The author recounts the 1950 Empire Zinc Strike in Bayard, New Mexico, the making of the extraordinary motion picture Salt of the Earth by Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, and the film's suppression by Hollywood, federal and state governments, and organized labor. This disturbing episode reflects the intense fear that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826320287
• ISBN13: 9780826320285
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"