@article{534181, note = {Based on the book Class action: the story of Lois Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler.}, author = {Wechsler, Nick. and Caro, Niki, and Seitzman, Michael, and Theron, Charlize. and Curtis, Thomas, and McDormand, Frances. and Bean, Sean. and Jenkins, Richard, and Renner, Jeremy. and Monaghan, Michelle. and Harrelson, Woody. and Spacek, Sissy. and Menges, Chris, and Santaolalla, Gustavo. and Bingham, Clara. and Evans, Cindy.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/534181}, title = {North country [videorecording] /}, publisher = {Warner Home Video,}, abstract = {Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota iron mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case, fearing that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.}, recid = {534181}, pages = {1 videodisc (126 min.) :}, address = {Burbank, CA :}, year = {2006}, }