All She Wanted Was To Make A Living. Instead She Made History.
Plot Summary
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Run Time
126 min
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Rating Details
Rated R for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.
Genre
Drama
Language
English
Keyword
Miner, Mine, Sexual Harassment, Minnesota, Lawsuit
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Colour
Color
Keyword
Sexual Harassment
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Social Problem Film, Courtroom Drama, Docudrama
Themes
Fighting the System, Whistleblowers, Labor Unions, Single Parents, Small-Town Life
North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, which chronicled the case of Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company.
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