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Norma Rae (1979)

Norma Rae (1979)

Drama

The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.

Release Date: 1979, March 2
Directors: Martin Ritt
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox, Martin Ritt Productions, Martin Ritt Productions, Rose and Asseyev Productions, Rose and Asseyev Productions
Cast: Sally Field, Morgan Paull, Edith Ivey, Pat Hingle, Grace Zabriskie, Clayton Landey, Robert Broyles, Lee de Broux, George R. Robertson, Bob Minor, J. Don Ferguson, Bert Freed

Overview:

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.

Keywords:

based on novel or book based on true story alabama single mother factory labor union union cotton mill textile worker labor worker's rights workers union labor organizer