SALT OF THE EARTH (1954): Banned Film Series!
Fri, May 02
|Epsilon Spires
Based on collaboration between the zinc miners whose experiences inspired the film and blacklisted Hollywood talent, this extraordinary work of neorealism remains a powerful artifact of resistance to America’s Cold War —an era defined by reactionary politics, union busting, and blacklists.
Time & Location
May 02, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Join us for a screening of landmark U.S. labor film Salt of the Earth (1954), the only film in American history where each stage of production and distribution was upturned and impeded by almost every level of government and police enforcement in the country. As a defiantly communist, feminist, anti-racist film produced at the height of the Red Scare, it was denounced by Congress and promptly suppressed—only to re-emerge as relevant and bracingly modern as ever.
Admission a screening of: SALT OF THE EARTH (1954) is by Sliding-Scale Donation $5-15. All-Inclusive Tickets for the Dinner, and Curated Beverages (including Tej!) after the film are $85. Doors for the screening open at 5pm, Film begins at 5:15pm, The Dinner Party by A Taste of Abyssinia, (Semifinalist for the 2023 James Beard Award!) will be held before the film at 6:45 pm.
“One of the reasons we made ‘Salt of the Earth’ after we were…
Tickets
Sliding-Scale Tickets
Entry includes Popcorn + Admission for one to our film screening of SALT OF THE EARTH! Thanks to a generous grant from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, subsidized sliding-scale tickets are available for those who self-identify as experiencing financial hardship. In order to make this program accessible for all, we are offering tickets by sliding scale. Taking equity and inclusion into account, please pay what you can.
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