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Norma Rae

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.

Original title: Norma Rae

4

nominations

50%

winning rate

2

wins

Academy Awards #52 - 1980

Award People Status
Best Picture Tamara Asseyev, Alex Rose - as producer(s)
Best Actress in a Leading Role Sally Field Winner
Best Adapted Screenplay Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Best Original Song David Shire, Norman Gimbel - "It Goes Like It Goes" Winner

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