At a Glance

Josey Aimes returns to her hometown after a failed marriage and is faced with overwhelming odds working in the 'mans world' of the iron mines.

Detailed Information

Taking another strongly emotional role Academy Award Winner Charlize Theron returns to the big screen in another compelling and thought provoking piece of drama. Josey Aimes (Theron) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after an exhausting failed marriage. Being a single mum with two hungry children to feed she has little choice but to turn to the main source of income for the people in her town, the predominantly male occupied Iron Mines.

The mines are hard work but pay well while creating strong bonds between those who work in the unforgiving conditions of their trade. Encouraged by her long time friend Glory, Josie joins the ranks of the labourers who have the delightful task of blowing ore from within the cassumous quarries. Both her and Glory are well prepared for the back breaking labour of the mines, however they were not so prepared for the continuous harassment that they would receive from their male co-workers.

Even though the mines pay well times are still tough for the town and the last thing the male workers want is for women to start to compete for jobs in an already crowded work sector. The veteran workers make the rules in the mines and change is not something they are accustomed to, especially when prompted by women, who they see as having no place driving trucks and hauling rocks and ore. However Josie and many of her female co-workers are just as headstrong and stubborn as the men in charge. Are they able to force change and make some form of precedent for their female colleagues all over America or will it simply end up as a case of like it or lump it for the women workers of the iron mines?