North Country + Intro (15)

Escaping her failed marriage to an abusive husband, Josey Aimes returns home to Minnesota where she finds back-breaking work in the local mine, hauling coal alongside her male workmates. When Josey becomes the victim of inappropriate overtures and sexist insults, she files a lawsuit for sexual harassment, launching the first major court case of its kind in the United States. The legal battle stirs up ill feeling in the local community, forcing Josey to question the terrible personal cost of her crusade.