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Norma Rae
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Summaries. A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved. Like a lot of her family before her, Norma Rae works at the local textile mill, where the pay is hardly commensurate with the long hours and lousy working conditions.
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.
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. TOP CRITIC. Aug...
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PG. Runtime: 1h 54min. Release Date: March 2, 1979. Genre: Drama. In an Oscar-winning performance, Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never had.
Showing all 59 items. Jump to: Photos (43) Quotes (16) Photos. 20 more photos. Quotes. Norma Rae Webster : Forget it! I'm stayin' right where I am. It's gonna take you and the police department and the fire department and the National Guard to get me outta here! Norma Rae Webster : How long I been comin' to this church, Reverend?
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.
Aug 4, 2020 · Naomi Fry writes about the movie “Norma Rae,” from 1979, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Sally Field as a textile worker who fights for the unionization of her Southern home town’s mill.
