Salt of the earth :

Salt of the earth :

Here was a film that presented housework, child care, sanitation as important political issues; that used humour to deflate macho attitudes; that recognised the necessity of rejecting the 'old way' but acknowledged the difficulty of creating something new; that had chosen a woman as protag...

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Strikes and lockouts > Drama > Zinc mining > New Mexico.
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