North Country

Based on a true story, this is an excellent film about a courageous woman who fought for the rights of women workers in a traditionally male workplace. I have great admiration for anyone who stands up to injustice, but even more when that person has to fight everyone around her in order to do what is right. And still more when she has to do it without the benefit of education or wealth. This woman's story shows with absolute clarity why women have had to fight for equality and respect from men. Her experiences in a mine in northern Minnesota make discrimination in a professional or white collar workplace pale in comparison.