Based on real incidents, NORMA RAE tells the story of a union organizer (Ron Liebman in a fiery performance as Reuben) who arrives in a Southern Baptist mill town to unite the workers in one of the last industries to resist the labor movement: textile manufacturing. Conditions are deplorable: harsh rules, unsafe environment, low pay, heartless management. The film focuses on the workers' uneasy transformation as one of their own, Norma Rae, becomes their voice. Norma Rae (Sally Field in her first Oscar-winning role) is spirited, street smart, and sometimes self-destructive, especially when it comes to relationships with men. Though she's determined to try to give her two children a better life, she realizes that she faces a bleak future as do her friends, family, and co-workers. Braving what she knows may be an insurmountable task with great risk attached, Norma Rae joins forces with Reuben and works beside him to stand up for herself and her peers. When she meets, falls in love with, and marries Sonny (Beau Bridges), the personal stakes become even greater for her. Still Norma Rae knows that at the heart of the fight is nothing less than a chance for a decent life and human dignity for an entire community.
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