Is Salt of the Earth (1954) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 82 / 100 (WOKE-leaning (left-wing)). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Movie: Drama, History, 1954.
12 votes: 75% WOKE, 25% CHUD.
Why: Blacklisted pro-labor and pro-civil rights film
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.