Miami Herald
Colorado Springs Gazette
San Francisco Chronicle
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Charlotte Observer
Colorado Springs Gazette
San Francisco Chronicle
The Washington Times
Texas News Channel 25
Charlotte Observer
"...moments ago, the New Mexico state Senate passed a memorial by Sen. Howie Morales, D-Silver City, honoring the anniversary of the film. It passed unanimously with all Democrats and Republicans voting in favor." - Steve Terrell, Roundhouse Roundup
"In one of his last acts as Mayor of the Town of Silver City, James Marshall proclaimed Mar. 14, 2014, "Salt of the Earth Day" in honor of the 60th anniversary of the release of the film, Salt of the Earth."
- By Charlie McKee, Grant County Beat
Retro press
"SALT OF THE EARTH, of course, is not social science; it is art. It does not analyze the interaction of these struggles; it does centrally present that interaction. In refusing to assign priorities to these struggles either in importance or in time (e.g., first the workers, then the women, or vice versa), the film acknowledges their often uneasy contemporaneousness in life." - Deborah Rosenfelt, 1976
"It is the issue of whether the women shall have equality of expression and of strike participation with the men. And it is along this line of contention that Michael Wilson's tautly muscled script develops considerable personal drama, raw emotion and power." - Bosley Crowther, New York Times, 1954
"As if this was not controversy enough, the Empire Zinc strikers attracted the national attention of anticommunists in 1953 due to the production of a powerful film that told the story of their strike, highlighted the role of the picketing women, and featured workers and family members in many acting roles." - The Organization of American Historians, 2010
"It is the issue of whether the women shall have equality of expression and of strike participation with the men. And it is along this line of contention that Michael Wilson's tautly muscled script develops considerable personal drama, raw emotion and power." - Bosley Crowther, New York Times, 1954
"As if this was not controversy enough, the Empire Zinc strikers attracted the national attention of anticommunists in 1953 due to the production of a powerful film that told the story of their strike, highlighted the role of the picketing women, and featured workers and family members in many acting roles." - The Organization of American Historians, 2010