Langley-Adams Library (Groveland)

North country, Warner Bros. ; Industry Entertainment ; Participant Productions ; Nick Wechsler Productions ; produced by Nana Greenwald, Jeff Skoll, Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro

Label
North country, Warner Bros. ; Industry Entertainment ; Participant Productions ; Nick Wechsler Productions ; produced by Nana Greenwald, Jeff Skoll, Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language
Main title
North country
Oclc number
62460051
Responsibility statement
Warner Bros. ; Industry Entertainment ; Participant Productions ; Nick Wechsler Productions ; produced by Nana Greenwald, Jeff Skoll, Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro
Runtime
123
Summary
Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification