American Experience · SEASON 3
Los Mineros
Episode 10 · 1991-01-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
The story of Mexican American miners -- "los mineros" -- whose pitched labor battles, beginning with the first strike in 1903, shaped the course of Arizona history. It was only in 1946 that the two-tier wage system for whites and Mexicans was abolished. The film recounts the rise and fall of three small towns -- Superior, Clifton-Morenci and Sonora -- where the mining of copper ore dominated the lives of all the inhabitants.
55 minutes
Season 3 episodes
1. Lindbergh1990-08-27
2. Nixon1990-10-15
3. God Bless America and Poland, Too1990-10-22
4. Insanity on Trial1990-10-29
5. The Satellite Sky1990-11-05
6. The Crash of 19291990-11-19
7. The Iron Road1990-11-26
8. French Dance Tonight1990-12-10
9. After the Crash1991-01-07
10. Los Mineros1991-01-28
11. Coney Island1991-02-04
