Thursday Movie Matinee: "North Country" [2005]
Catch films at Columbia Pike the first and third Thursday of the month.
"North Country" in Celebration of Labor Day
Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case, fearing that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Rated R, 126 minutes. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, and Frances McDormand.
Upcoming Thursday Movie Matinees:
- Sept. 15: "Instructions Not Included" [2013] Rated PG-13, 122 minutes
- Oct. 6: "The Finest Hours" [2016] Rated PG-13, 117 minutes
- Oct. 20: "10 Cloverfield Lane" [2016] Rated PG-13, 107 minutes
- Nov. 3: "Hail, Caesar!" [2016] Rated PG-13, 106 minutes
- Nov. 17: "Hello, My Name Is Doris" [2015] Rated R, 95 minutes
- Dec. 1: "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" [2016] Rated PG-13, 153 minutes
- Dec. 15: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" [2015] Rated PG-13, 135 minutes
- Date:
- Thursday, September 1, 2016
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- Westmont Room
- Library:
- Columbia Pike Library
- Categories:
- Enjoy Arlington Film
- Calendar:
- zz Film Events