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Call Number: DVD00370

by Charlize Theron; Niki Caro; Elle Peterson; Thomas Curtis; Frances McDormand; Sean Bean; Chris Menges; Gustavo Santaolalla; Laura Leedy; Clara Bingham; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher: [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, [2006]

Notes: Originally released in 2005 (126 mins.); edition contains a documentary of the filming, additional scenes and the theatrical trailer; 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; Nominated for two 2006 Academy Awards;

Summary: Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel 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 for fear 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.

OCLC #: 62460051