‘Salt of the Earth’ 1954 - Based on the true story of the Empire Zinc Strike of 1951-1952, a real-life strike by Chicano miners in New Mexico. Salt of the Earth employed mostly local miners and their families as actors. The film was initially mired in Communist Red Scare controversy and was suppressed and censored.
‘Ace in the Hole’ (1951) The film stars Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who creates a media circus surrounding a man trapped in a cave in New Mexico to regain a job at a newspaper.
‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ 1976 - follows an extraterrestrial (David Bowie) who crash-lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought, but he finds himself at the mercy of human vices and corruption.
‘The Milagro Beanfield War’ 1988 - The plot revolves around a man's fight to protect his small beanfield and community against larger business and political interests. Oh Lupita!
‘The Doors’ 1991 - In 1949, young Jim Morrison and his family are traveling on a desert highway in New Mexico, where they encounter a wreck and see an elderly Native American dying by the roadside.
Beerfest Circa 2010 was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Isaac Kappy as Antonio the Hustler
