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North country, [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Participant Productions ; produced by Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro

eng

videorecording

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

North country

videorecording

62460052942043

[presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures in association with Participant Productions ; produced by Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro

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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

adult

live action