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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 min...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:North country.
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Participant Productions, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Caro, Niki, 1967-, Seitzman, Michael, 1967-, Theron, Charlize, McDormand, Frances, Bean, Sean, Jenkins, Richard, 1947-, Renner, Jeremy, Monaghan, Michelle, Curtis, Thomas, 1991-, Harrelson, Woody, Spacek, Sissy, Peterson, Elle, 1999-, Bingham, Clara
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. Sound tracks: English and French (dubbed in Quebec), with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. Special features not subtitled.
Edition:Widescreen ed.
Subjects:
Legal films.
Women iron and steel workers > Minnesota > Drama.
Sexual harassment of women > Minnesota > Drama.
Steel-works > Minnesota > Drama.
Construcciones metálicas > Minnesota > Teatro.
Discriminación sexual contra las mujeres > Minnesota > Teatro.
Sexual harassment > Minnesota > Drama.
Social problem > Feature > Videodisc.
Women > Feature > Videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Inspired by the book: Class action : the story of Lois Jenson and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law / by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler.
Dual-layer format.
"Widescreen version presented in a 'letterbox' widescreen format preserving the 'scope' aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
Special features: Making-of documentary Stories from the north country -- Additional scenes -- Theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, Dolby surround 5.1.
Audience:MPAA rating: R. Special features not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Chris Menges ; film editor, David Coulson ; music by Gustavo Santaolalla.
ISBN:141980233X