A woman, a mine, and a whole lot of men who want her gone. 1984 feminist grit.
June Lorich works at the Mesabi Mine on Minnesota's iron range. After an emotionally and physically abusive marriage, June is determined to make it on her own. But the worsening steel industry forces major cutbacks and June is bumped down to an all-male pit. She becomes the brunt of the other workers' hostilities and is forced to fight against them -- and the man she loves -- to save her job.
Acting
Lisa Eichhorn's raw, unsentimental performance anchors every frame.
Cinematography
Bleak Minnesota winters as character, not backdrop.
Director
John Hanson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location during the actual 1981-1983 steel crisis; many extras were laid-off miners. The 'fiction' was their documentary.
Lisa Eichhorn turned down studio films to make this. It killed her mainstream career. She called it 'the only choice I don't regret.'
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