North Country

Feb 12, 2005

2h 6m

★ 7.2

All she wanted was to make a living... Instead she made history.

Overview

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Participant

Nick Wechsler Productions

Industry Entertainment Partners

North Country Trailers

Cast

Josey Aimes

Charlize Theron

Glory

Frances McDormand

Bill White

Woody Harrelson

Kyle

Sean Bean

Bobby Sharp

Jeremy Renner

Hank Aimes

Richard Jenkins

Alice Aimes

Sissy Spacek

Sammy Aimes

Thomas Curtis

Karen Aimes

Elle Peterson

Sherry

Michelle Monaghan

Leslie Conlin

Linda Emond

Don Pearson

James Cada

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