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Salt of the Earth : Esperanza's Monologue

Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas) speaks about her family's historical connection with what was once "San Marcos," but was changed to "Zinc Town" by white settlers.

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dissolve, establishing shot, extreme long shot, framing, medium close-up, music, nondiegetic, pan, subjective narration, voiceover narration

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, Latinx: Mestizo

"Esperanza's Monologue" in Salt of the Earth. Directed by Herbert J. Biberman, Intl Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, 1954, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2486

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Alex Miller

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