Norma Rae (1979)

Ceremony Year: 1980Category: Best Original SongReleased: 1979

Nominated Talent & Credits

David Shire— Music by David Shire; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

Norman Gimbel— Music by David Shire; Lyric by Norman Gimbel

Synopsis / Overview

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.

Historical Academy Record

MUSIC (Original Song) — 52nd Academy Awards (1980)

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