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3 unusual facts about Salt of the Earth


Empire Zinc Company

The 1954 movie "Salt of the Earth" was based on the 1951 strike against New Jersey Zinc Company's Empire Zinc mine in Bayard, New Mexico.

Salt of the Earth

A drama film, based on the making of the film, was chronicled in One of the Hollywood Ten (2000).

Biberman was imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institution at Texarkana for six months.



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Salt + Light Television

The name of the station derives itself from the theme of WYD 2002, "You are the salt of the earth... you are the light of the world," part of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:13-14).

Water Education Foundation

In 2009 the Foundation won a regional Emmy award for the 2008 public television documentary, Salt of the Earth: Salinity in California’s Central Valley hosted by comedian Paul Rodriguez.