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Bean, Sean. (Added Author). Bingham, Clara. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Class action. (Added Author). Caro, Niki, 1967- (Added Author). Curtis, Thomas, 1991- (Added Author). Gansler, Laura Leedy, 1958- (Added Author). Harrelson, Woody. (Added Author). Jenkins, Richard, 1953- (Added Author). McDormand, Frances. (Added Author). Renner, Jeremy. (Added Author). Seitzman, Michael, 1967- (Added Author). Spacek, Sissy. (Added Author). Theron, Charlize. (Added Author). Wechsler, Nick. (Added Author). Industry Entertainment. (Added Author). Participant Productions. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Charlize Theron, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek. (Cast).

Summary: Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.

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Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (126 min.) : digital, sound, color
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Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: ♭2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book "Class action: the story of Lois Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law" by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy. Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 2005.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Participant or Performer Note:	Charlize Theron, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	French language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 7, 2015).