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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.
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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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.
Aug 4, 2020 · Norma Rae is heroic, but she comes into her own, as a woman, because she is fighting for class solidarity—a struggle that, in turn, could not happen without a breaking down of long-standing...
Synopsis. 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.
Norma Rae. HD. Sally Field won the 1979 Best Actress Oscar (R) for her portrayal of a young Southern mill worker who inspires her co-workers to unionize. 751 IMDb 7.3 1 h 54 min 1979. PG.
Jul 22, 2022 · Norma Rae 1979 A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
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.
Under the guidance of a New York unionizer (Ron Leibman) and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages. Based on a true story, Norma Rae is the mesmerizing tale of a modern day heroine.
