# Salt of the Earth (1954) - **Summary**: The film centers on Esperanza Quintero, a miner's wife in Zinc Town, New Mexico, where the community is dominated by Delaware Zinc Inc. It portrays the struggle of Mexican workers at a zinc mine who call a general strike, highlighting the role of workers' wives, mothers, and daughters in their fight for justice​[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_of_the_Earth_(1954_film)#:~:text=Plot%20Esperanza%20and%20Ram%C3%B3n%20Esperanza,3)​. - **Director**: Herbert J. Biberman - **Genre**: Drama, History - **IMDB**: [Link](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047443/)