A Crime to Fit the Punishment

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

May 01, 1982 | 46 min

This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth, movingly chronicling the filmmakers' defiance of the blacklist. (BAM) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Lee Grant

Naomi Scott

Clinton Jencks

Naomi Scott

Virginia Jencks

Naomi Scott

Charles Coleman

Naomi Scott

Henrietta Williams

Naomi Scott

Sonja Dahl Biberman

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