North country

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]

1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

video file DVD video

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.

MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.

Women iron and steel workers -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Sexual harassment of women -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Women miners -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Film adaptations.

Caro, Niki, 1967-

Seitzman, Michael, 1967-

Wechsler, Nick.

Theron, Charlize.

Peterson, Elle, 1999-

Curtis, Thomas, 1991-

McDormand, Frances.

Bean, Sean.

Menges, Chris, 1940-

Bingham, Clara. Class action.

Gansler, Laura Leedy, 1958-

Participant Productions.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek.

English or French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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