
Whale Rider(2003)
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.


“All she wanted was to make a living... Instead she made history.”
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Charlize Theron
Josey Aimes

Frances McDormand
Glory

Woody Harrelson
Bill White

Sean Bean
Kyle

Jeremy Renner
Bobby Sharp

Richard Jenkins
Hank Aimes

Sissy Spacek
Alice Aimes

Thomas Curtis
Sammy Aimes

Elle Peterson
Karen Aimes

Michelle Monaghan
Sherry
North Country is a drama film released in 2005 exploring themes of rape, court, minnesota, harassment, witness, based on true story. Directed by Niki Caro, it stars Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
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