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1954 | B/N | 94:00

At a New Mexico zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest against their unsafe work conditions and unjust wages. Ramón Quintero helps organize the strike, but he treats his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from demonstrating, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Biberman; Herbert J.
Script: Wilson; Michael
Production: Jarrico; Pau
Photography: Meredith; Stanley, Stark; Leonard
Sound: Stanton; Dick, Smith; Harry
Music: Kaplan; Sol
Cast:Geer; Will, Wolfe; David, Sarvis; David, Williams; Mervin, Rockwell; E. A., Rockwell; William, Chacón; Juan, Williams; Henrietta, Sánchez; Ángela, Alderette; Clorinda, Jencks; Virginia, Jencks; Clinton, Morales; Joe T., Revueltas; Rosaura, Velásquez; Er
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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