09/07/2026
Happy Labor Day!
Join us this Wednesday for a FREE movie night! We are watching the 1954 independent film “Salt of The Earth”, directed by Herbert J. Biberman.
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.
One of the first motion pictures to advance the feminist social and political point of view, as well as one of the first fully independent films made outside of the Hollywood studio system. Originally suppressed by Red Scare controversy, it was kept alive through various independent theaters, collectors and political movements until it was finally selected for perseveration in the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry of significant U.S. films.
We will be open later for movie night, and the cafe will be serving before, during intermission and after the conclusion of the film for a short time. Feel free to stick around for a discussion after!
