Whale Rider Director Involved With 'Class Action'

[Thursday, January 15th, 2004]
Niki Caro (Whale Rider) is set to direct The Class Action, an Erin Brockovich-style fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment prosecution in the U.S, according to Variety.

The Class Action is based on the nonfiction book by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy about Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, a case that forced corporations to take seriously sexual harassment in the workplace.

The book The Class Action centered on Lori Jenson, who took a job at a Minnesota iron mine in 1975. She and other female miners endured harassment from male co-workers, ranging from verbal taunts to pornographic graffiti and worse. Jenson eventually filed suit in 1984 and won a landmark legal decision.

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