PGUS
1979Drama1h 50m

Norma Rae

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

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.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue$22,228,000

Keywords

factorybased on novel or bookalabamabased on true storysingle motherunionlaborlabor organizerlabor unionworkers uniontextile workercotton millworker's rights

Production

20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox