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Norma Rae
Why this pick
A resolute, intimate union drama centered on a working-class woman whose mounting courage turns personal hardship into collective action.
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MOVIE2000 1h 44m USA
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Why this pick
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North Country
Why this pick
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The Molly Maguires
Why this pick
A dark, atmospheric coal-country labor drama where dangerous organizing and divided loyalties give the workers’ struggle a tense, tragic weight.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Holly Hunter
Ruby Kincaid
Stellan Skarsgård
Warren Jakopovich
Ted Levine
Silas Kincaid
Wayne Robson
Tug Jones
Alex House
Buddy Kincaid
Charlotte Arnold
Lucinda Kincaid
Ker Wells
Little Lee
Jennifer Irwin
Mary Ball