Join us in the courtyard in front of the Pico House, to enjoy this open-air screening of director Herbert J. Berman's classic 1953 drama, Salt of the Earth. Based on an actual strike by Local 890 of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union in New Mexico, Berman's film was banned and blacklisted during the height of the anti-communist McCarthy era witchhunts. The movie used only two professional actors, and it was produced by blacklisted technicians. The film not only defied the rampant anti-communism of the day, it focused on Chicano and Anglo workers uniting to struggle for better working conditions while the U.S. government was actually rounding up Mexican-American immigrants under its "Operation Wetback" program of mass deportations. Definately a timely film for present day Los Angeles. Be sure and come early to view the At Work art exhibit!

The Pico House Gallery will remain open from 5-8 PM on Friday for those who wish to see the At Work exhibit prior to the film's screening. Admission to the gallery is always free and there is no cost to see the film. For more information, please contact 213.485.8432

Film:

125 Paseo de la Plaza (In front of Biscailuz Building/Mexican Cultural

Institute, across from Union Station) 8 PM

At Work Exhibit:

Pico House Gallery

424 North Main Street

1.5 blocks south of Cesar Chavez, walking distance from Union Station.

Special Hours for July 28: 10 AM-3 PM and 5-8 PM

For more information on the "At Work" exhibit: visit:

www.art-for-a-change.com/exhibits/atwork.htm