North Country {DVD video]

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.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.

Inspired by the book Class action: the landmark case that changed sexual harrassment law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler.

Widescreen.

Sequences involving sexual harrassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.

Special features: Stories from the North Country making of documentary; additional scenes; theatrical trailer.

Performers:

Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Thomas Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Sissy Spacek, Tom Bower, Linda Emond, Rusty Schwimmer, Jillian Armenante, Xander Berkeley, Chris Mulkey, Corey Stoll, Brad William Henke, John Aylward, James Cada.

Technical Details:

DVD, region 1; dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Personal Subject:

Bingham, Clara-Film adaptations.

Subject Term:

Women miners -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Sexual harassment of women -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Women iron and steel workers -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Steel-works -- Minnesota -- Drama.

Genre:

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Feminist films.