A Crime to Fit the Punishment

A Crime to Fit the Punishment

 

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0h 46m 1982 HD

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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