Norma Rae
“The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.”
7.2(211)PG19791h 50mEN
Directed by Martin Ritt
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.
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Budget $4.5MBox office $22.2M
