Norma Rae

Name: Norma Rae
Director: Martin Ritt
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979-03-02
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 7.196
Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley

“The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.”

1979

1h 50m

Drama

Director: Martin Ritt

Writers: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.

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Overview

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.