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.
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Awards Dominance
Wins
Nominations
2 Oscar · 1 Golden Globe · 2 Cannes
Won
1980
Actress in a Leading Role
Sally Field
Music (Original Song)
It Goes Like It Goes in "Norma Rae" Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel
Best Picture
Tamara Asseyev and Alex Rose, Producers
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.
1980
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Sally Field
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Norma Rae
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Harriet Frank Jr.
1979
Best Actress
Grand Prix de la Commission Supérieure Technique
In Competition - Feature films
Martin RITT
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