North country /

Set in the late 1980s, this drama inspired by actual events follows a single mother as she returns to her northern Minnesota hometown in search of work. After her friend gets her a job at a local iron mine, she finds herself facing unsafe conditions and sexual harassment. Deciding to fight back, she...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	North country (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Santaolalla, Gustavo (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Participant Productions, Swank Motion Pictures, Inc
Other Authors:	Wechsler, Nick (Producer), Caro, Niki, 1967- (Director), Seitzman, Michael, 1967- (Screenwriter), Theron, Charlize (Actor), Curtis, Thomas, 1991- (Actor), McDormand, Frances (Actor), Bean, Sean (Actor), Jenkins, Richard, 1947- (Actor), Renner, Jeremy (Actor), Monaghan, Michelle (Actor), Harrelson, Woody (Actor), Spacek, Sissy (Actor), Menges, Chris, 1940- (Cinematographer), Coulson, David (Film editor), Evans, Cindy (Costume designer), Bingham, Clara
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Burbank, CA] : Warner Bros. Pictures, 2005.
Subjects:	Bingham, Clara. Women miners > Minnesota > Drama. Sexual harassment of women > Minnesota > Drama. Women iron and steel workers > Minnesota > Drama. Steel-works > Minnesota > Drama. Sexual harassment of women. Steel-works. Women iron and steel workers. Women miners. Minnesota. Drama. Feature films. Feminist films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Films de fiction. Adaptations cinématographiques.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	Set in the late 1980s, this drama inspired by actual events follows a single mother as she returns to her northern Minnesota hometown in search of work. After her friend gets her a job at a local iron mine, she finds herself facing unsafe conditions and sexual harassment. Deciding to fight back, she enlists the help of sympathetic attorney to sue her uncaring employers.
Item Description:	Based on the book Class action: the story of Lois Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler. Originally released in 2005 as a motion picture.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (126 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Chris Menges ; art director, Gregory S. Hooper ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Richard Hoover ; visual effects supervisor, Eric Durst.