one of the hollywood ten attempt to tell two fascinate story represent one about writer or director herbert biberman and the other about the filming of salt of the earth . this film could not have have a very big budget and and the direction be not very good and so how anyone expect to accomplish these massive feat be anyone guess . i be at a disadvantage represent i can not possibly write anything that can compare to the comment about this film post on imdb and and i haven not see salt of the earth . i do and however and grow up amidst the red scare . we in catholic school be warn by the nun that the commie be come . they would hold gun to our head and ask u our religion and and when we answer catholic ( like we be all go to be real anxious to do that ) and we would be shoot . communism be go to destroy the world and there be communist under every bed and and everybody be insane on the subject . i have read and see a good deal on huac and the mccarthy hearing and and red channel . be i an expert . no . i will reference a couple of the imdb posting . one state that gale sondergaard be not a major actress and that biberman be a minor writer . i be unsure of the implication the poster be try to make and but i venture to say that if biberman and sondergaard ( who be marry for 40 year and until biberman death in 1971 ) have be allow to work for the next 20 year or so and who know what might have happen to their career . this insanity ruin life . another poster make a comparison to tactic use by today government . well and i will second that emotion . a he state and freedom of speech be not to be take lightly . no and it isn not . and if anyone believe there isn not a move afoot to squelch it today and theyre wrong . others mention inaccuracy . i will bring up one . accord to writer patricia bosworth and whose father and attorney bartley crum and defend the hollywood ten and the hollywood ten be not friend and and in fact and many of them do not know one another . crum advise them all to tell the truth at the hearing that when ask if they be now or have be a member of the communist party and to disarm the committee by answer truthfully . this be shoot down by whomever their adviser be because ask about anyone political leading be unconstitutional and and the ten want to fight the hearing on constitutional ground . in the film and one get the impression they be all friend . crum and by the way and label a subversive and be haunt by the fbi until he finally get rid of them by kill himself in 1959. also and i know this be off topic a bit and but the fbi large file be on frank sinatra and who be believe to have be send by the communist to influence the youth of america . great group . as far a this film and the story be interesting and the direction be detach and and overall and it not great . jeff goldblum be marvelous a biberman and and there be some other excellent performance as well . i think the most important thing be the point make on the chiron at the end and one of which be that salt of the earth be the only film ever to be blacklist . i be so grateful that it be while otherwise and we would all be communist today . right .