Norma Rae

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

Plot Summary

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.

7.2 /10

1979

US

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