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Salt of the Earth 60th anniversary celebrated in New Mexico
In Silver City New Mexico the 1954 film Salt of the Earth is honored on its 60th anniversary with a Salt of the Earth Day. The event includes a screening and a bus tour of the mining site. Union officials and film workers groups promote the anniversary noting the film’s Red Scare history and feminist Chicano Studies significance.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Silver City
Miles Conway
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 18
Tion
Rosaura Revueltas
Mexico
Manny Maldonado
Maldonado
Film Workers’ Union