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Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.
Mar 2, 1979 · Norma Rae: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle. A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
- (13K)
- Drama
- Martin Ritt
- 1979-03-02
Thirty-one year old widowed mother Norma Rae Wilson lives in the southern US town of Henleyville, which contains one major employer, O.P. Henley Textiles. Like most of her friends and family, she works in Henley's mill - eight hundred on the line - those jobs on which the townsfolk rely to survive.
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Norma Rae works for minimum wage in a cotton mill. Her whole family has experienced health problems from working there, and after hearing a New York union organizer named Reuben speak, she decides to unionize the shop.
- Martin Ritt
- Sally Field
Norma Rae 1979 A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved. Director: Martin Ritt Writers: Irving Ravetch (screenplay ...
- 3 min
- 11.9K
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Spearheaded by a galvanizing Sally Field, Norma Rae is a heartening and politically powerful drama about an ordinary woman taking an extraordinary stand. Read Critics Reviews
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- Drama
- PG
