The film Salt on the Earth is a great example of a message driven film. It’s story plots and dramatic tensions throughout the film tribute to the success of the messages and themes seen in the United States back then and still today. Struggles that Mexicans had to deal with in the film industry and in their lives.
The film starts out with Esperanza, the main character talking about how the town she lives in was once called Laredo and is now called Zinc town. She then goes on to saying that her house is not theirs but the flowers are the only things they still own. Esperanza is a thirty-five-year-old pregnant woman married to a miner Ramon who had been a miner for 18 years now, she feels like her husband does not give her the attention she …show more content…
The notable stars were Will Geer (Sheriff), David Wolfe (Barton), Mervin Williams (Hartwell), David Sarvis (Alexander), Rosaura Revueltas (Esperanza Quintero) the main character, E.A. Rockwell (Vance), William Rockwell (Kimbrough), Juan Chacon (Ramon Quintero) the husband, Henrietta Williams (Teresa Vidal), Angela Sanchez (Consuelo Ruiz), Frank Talevera (Luis Quintero) the son, and Mary Luo Castillo (Estella Quintero) the daughter. Salt of the Earth is a powerful persuasive labor management drama. The film is made up non-professional actors that were living the real-life strike action that is shown in the film. This film was made before the women’s movement so it was a great advancement for the Mexican women, which be one of the themes of the …show more content…
Unfortunately, Salt on the Earth was never released commercially in the United States because of a well-financed red-baiting campaign organized against it as stated in the “Story Structure in Latino Films” by Mario Barrera. The film helped me understand this concept be revealing that films had to have certain qualities that would fit any audience, since this fil was about a woman’s movement in act starting and equality towards Mexicans. It did not really meet the standards the United States was looking for at that time. It would have not made much money and the corporations were looking for a commodity of consumption. There was no way this film(industry) could strive without making
The film starts out with Esperanza, the main character talking about how the town she lives in was once called Laredo and is now called Zinc town. She then goes on to saying that her house is not theirs but the flowers are the only things they still own. Esperanza is a thirty-five-year-old pregnant woman married to a miner Ramon who had been a miner for 18 years now, she feels like her husband does not give her the attention she …show more content…
The notable stars were Will Geer (Sheriff), David Wolfe (Barton), Mervin Williams (Hartwell), David Sarvis (Alexander), Rosaura Revueltas (Esperanza Quintero) the main character, E.A. Rockwell (Vance), William Rockwell (Kimbrough), Juan Chacon (Ramon Quintero) the husband, Henrietta Williams (Teresa Vidal), Angela Sanchez (Consuelo Ruiz), Frank Talevera (Luis Quintero) the son, and Mary Luo Castillo (Estella Quintero) the daughter. Salt of the Earth is a powerful persuasive labor management drama. The film is made up non-professional actors that were living the real-life strike action that is shown in the film. This film was made before the women’s movement so it was a great advancement for the Mexican women, which be one of the themes of the …show more content…
Unfortunately, Salt on the Earth was never released commercially in the United States because of a well-financed red-baiting campaign organized against it as stated in the “Story Structure in Latino Films” by Mario Barrera. The film helped me understand this concept be revealing that films had to have certain qualities that would fit any audience, since this fil was about a woman’s movement in act starting and equality towards Mexicans. It did not really meet the standards the United States was looking for at that time. It would have not made much money and the corporations were looking for a commodity of consumption. There was no way this film(industry) could strive without making