Movies: Virginia Jencks
- 1954
Salt of the Earth (1954)
Salt of the Earth6.91954HD
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant...
- 1982
A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982)
A Crime to Fit the Punishment01982HD
This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly chronicling the filmmakers' defiance of the blacklist. (BAM) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...