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A Crime to Fit the Punishment

1982 · 46 min · Documentary

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.

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Stephen Mack — Director · Barbara Moss — Director

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Lee Grant portraitLee GrantNarratorPPaul JarricoSelfCClinton JencksSelfVVirginia JencksSelfCCharles ColemanSelfHHenrietta WilliamsSelfMichael Wilson portraitMichael Wilson(Voice)SSonja Dahl BibermanSelfJuan Chacón portraitJuan ChacónSelfJJules SchwerinSelf

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