Salt of the Earth (1954) is an American drama film written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico. All had been blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their involvement in socialist politics.^[1]

The movie became a historical phenomenon and has a cult following due to how the United States establishment (politicians, journalists, studio executives, and other trade unions) dealt with the film. Salt of the Earth is one of the first pictures to advance the feminist social and political point of view.

The film centers on a long and difficult strike led by Mexican-American and Anglo miners against the Empire Zinc Company. The film shows how the miners, the company, and the police react during the strike. In neorealist style the producers and director used actual miners and their families as actors in the film.

Film 7pm Friday 29th January Electron Club Cinema CCA
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'The Wobblies'
Followed by brief outline of the history of the Indusrial Workers of the
World - the One Big Union by Boston IWW member Eric Chester

"Solidarity1 All for One and One for All" With this slogan, the Industrial
Workers of the World. aka the Wobblies, took to organising unskilled
workers into one big union and changing the course of history. Along the
way to winning an eight-hour workday and fair wages in the early 20th
century, the Wobblies were one of the few unions to be racially and
sexually integrated and often met with imprisonment, violence, and the
privations of prolonged strikes. This award-winning films airs a
provocative look at the forgotten American history of the most radical of
unions, screening the unforgettable and still-fiery voices of Wobbly
members-lumberjacks, migatory workers, and silk weavers-in their 70s, 80s
and 90s.

Eeerily echoeing current times, THE WOBBLIES boldly investigates a nation
torn by naked corporate greed and the red-hot rift between the industrial
masters and the rabble-rousing workers in the fields and factory. Replete
with gorgeous archival footage, the film pays tribute to American workers
who took the ideals of equality and free speech seriously enough to die for
them.

In Z (1969), an investigating judge, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, tries to uncover the truth about the murder of a prominent leftist politician, played by Yves Montand, while government officials and the military attempt to cover up their roles. The film is a fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963. It had additional resonance because, at the time of its release, Greece had been ruled for two years by the "Regime of the Colonels". Z won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Costa Gavras and co-writer Jorge Semprún won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Foreign Film Screenplay.