Niki Caro

North Country -- When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job.

A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Pai.

When Josey Aimes (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region - the iron mines. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. The work is hard but the pay is good and friendships that form on the job extend into everyday life, bonding families and neighborhoods with a common thread.

When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job.