North Country
7.2/10
Rating
126 min
Runtime
2005
Release Year
Niki Caro
Director
Cast
Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sean Bean, Jeremy Renner
Quick Synopsis
North Country tells the story of a woman who worked as a miner at Eveleth Mines and faced various forms of sexual harassment and abuse from her coworkers. Despite the challenges, she decided to file a lawsuit against the mining company in 1984, leading to one of the first major successful sexual harassment cases in the United States, known as Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines.
Detailed Synopsis of North Country
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.
