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Director

Martin Ritt

Screenplay

Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.

Norma Rae 1979

Drama/

BUDGET - $4,500,000

Status - Released

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

Overview

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.