blacklisted for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). This Special Edition with the Hollywood Ten film is still available through Organa at organa.com. In 2004, a budget edition DVD was released by Alpha Video. A laserdisc version was released by the Voyager Company in 1987 (catalog # VP1005L). Because the film's copyright was not renewed in 1982, the film is now in the public domain. Adaptations The film has been adapted into a two-act opera called Esperanza (Hope). The labor movement in Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin–Madison opera professor Karlos Moser commissioned the production. The music was written by David Bishop and the libretto by Carlos Morton. The opera premiered in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2000, to positive reviews. A documentary titled A Crime to Fit the Punishment, about the making of the film, was released in 1982 and was directed by Barbara Moss and Stephen Mack. A drama film, based on the making of the film, was chronicled in One of the Hollywood Ten (2000). It was produced and directed by Karl Francis, starred Jeff Goldblum and Greta Scacchi, and was released in European countries on September 29, 2000. A fictionalized account of the movie's production featured prominently in the Audible original podcast series, The Big Lie (2022). Based on source material written by Paul Jerrico, the production features voice performances from Jon Hamm, Kate Mara, Ana de la Reguera, Bradley Whitford, John Slattery, Giancarlo Esposito, and David Strathairn, and was written by John Mankiewicz and Jamie Napoli. See also The Hollywood Ten, documentary film Jencks Act Jencks v. United States Labor history The Ladies Auxiliary of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers References Notes Bibliography Salt of the Earth: The Story of a Film, by Herbert J. Biberman. Harbor Electronic Publishing, New York (2nd edition, 2004): 1965. See: Cineaste review of book & Scott Henkel and Vanessa Fonseca. "Fearless Speech and the Discourse of Civility in Salt of the Earth." Chiricú, vol. 1, no. 1, 2016, pp. 19–38. Further reading Caballero, Raymond. McCarthyism vs. Clinton Jencks. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019. External links Salt of the Earth at Metacritic Salt of the Earth segment at NPR Salt of the Earth article and references for research by Michael Selig Salt of the Earth Recovery Project website recovering Salt of the Earth 1954 films 1950s feminist films 1950s independent films 1950s