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At last, an honest movie about American working people
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 wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.Read moreLess
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 wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
The story
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 wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Rosaura RevueltasEsperanza Quintero
Juan ChacónRamon Quintero
Will GeerSheriff
David BauerBartonExplore the crew
- Director
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Producer
- Paul Jarrico
- Director of Photography
- Stanley Meredith
- Director of Photography
- Leonard Stark
- Editor
- Ed Spiegel
- Editor
- Joan Laird
- Producer
- Simon Lazarus
- Producer
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Writer
- Michael Wilson
- Original Music Composer
- Sol Kaplan