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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like North Country, it turns workplace inequality into an intimate, crowd-pleasing fight for dignity, anchored by a working mother whose growing resolve reshapes her family and community.
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Why this pick
A raw, character-first labor drama about a financially pressed woman finding her voice against a coercive workplace, with the same grounded anger and hard-won empowerment.
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Why this pick
Its blue-collar setting, institutional intimidation, and fiercely human heroine echo North Country's blend of social outrage and personal cost without sacrificing emotional immediacy.
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Why this pick
Another rousing true-story drama in which a dismissed single mother turns tenacity into a challenge to powerful men, balancing humor, class detail, and righteous momentum.
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Why this pick
Its warm, accessible storytelling and female solidarity complement North Country's emotional core, following women who push back against abuse and the narrow roles imposed on them.
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01 / THE STORY
In 1989, Josey Aimes flees from her abusive husband back to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children, Sammy and Karen, and moves in with her parents, Alice and Hank. Hank is ashamed of Josey, who had Sammy as a teenager by an unknown father, and believes Josey is promiscuous. While working a job washing hair, Josey reconnects with an old acquaintance, Glory Dodge, who works at the local iron mine and suggests Josey do the same, as a job there pays six times more than what Josey's making now. Josey's pursuit of the job further strains her relationship with Hank, who also works at the mine and believes women shouldn't be working there, so she and her children move in with Glory and her husband, Kyle.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Josey Aimes
Hank Aimes
Big Betty
Sherry
Ricky Sennett
Sammy Aimes
Glory
Kyle
