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Remembering "Salt:" How a Blacklisted Hollywood Movie Brought the Spectre of McCarthyism to a Small Canadian Town
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Author/contributor
- Verzuh, Ron (Author)
Title
Remembering "Salt:" How a Blacklisted Hollywood Movie Brought the Spectre of McCarthyism to a Small Canadian Town
Abstract
Discusses the turbulent history surrounding the screening of the film, "Salt of the Earth," by Local 480 of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' union in Trail, BC, in 1954. The Hollywood film, which is based on a true story of Chicano workers on strike at a mine in New Mexico, was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, as were many of the production's personnel. The paper is framed by the reminiscence of Anita Torres, who participated in the original 15-month-long strike, and who attended the screenings both in 1954 and in 2014 when it was commemorated.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
76
Issue
1
Pages
165-198
Date
Fall 2015
Language
en
ISSN
1911-4842
Short Title
Remembering Salt
Accessed
12/17/15, 4:45 PM
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Project MUSE
Extra
<p>Issue 76, Fall 2015</p>
Notes
Abstract by Desmond Maley.
Citation
Verzuh, R. (2015). Remembering “Salt:” How a Blacklisted Hollywood Movie Brought the Spectre of McCarthyism to a Small Canadian Town. Labour / Le Travail, 76(1), 165–198. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/issue/view/531
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