Film: North Country

I think it would be a great idea to show the film North Country in future classes. North Country is about a woman overcoming adversity in life and in the workplace when she is constantly abused physically and mentally by men. Although she paid in to the union, the union did not treat her as well as it did the men. She faced trouble with the other women as well because they felt that by escalating the issue they were making things worse for themselves. I believe this would be a great film for class because it really shows the conflicts within gender, and how we have overcome these flaws that were accepted years ago. It not only portrays it in the sense of the workplace, but in her life as well. When watching it I could not believe what she had to go through just to file a lawsuit, not just to win it.