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Mme. Defarge

(9,128 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2026, 11:54 AM Monday

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Norma Rae

I must have spent well over a year checking to see if this movie was available for streaming. It wasn’t. But, good news, it was possible to check out a DVD of it from my county library. After a wait of several weeks it was finally available!

Oh my, I had forgotten how brilliant, and brutal, it was. And wondered why streaming services didn’t have it. Then, my mind went there . . . Was it a conspiracy? A search informed me that it wasn’t available in the U. S., but it was in Germany and Switzerland.

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Norma Rae (Original Post) Mme. Defarge Monday OP

In a word... EYESORE 9001 Monday #1

I never stream. I use the library. orthoclad Monday #2

There are a LOT of movies that aren't available on streaming. But there's an uploaded version of Norma Rae here: WhiskeyGrinder Monday #3

Oh God I love this movie. It's one of my all time favorites. Diamond_Dog Monday #4

EYESORE 9001

(30,029 posts)

1. In a word...

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:17 PM

Monday

orthoclad

(5,196 posts)

2. I never stream. I use the library.

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 12:59 PM

Monday

Interlibrary Loan can find incredibly obscure items.

edit to add: without those weird, ugly digital glitches.

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,382 posts)

3. There are a LOT of movies that aren't available on streaming. But there's an uploaded version of Norma Rae here:

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 01:09 PM

Monday

https://vimeo.com/522567048

Diamond_Dog

(41,527 posts)

4. Oh God I love this movie. It's one of my all time favorites.

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 01:41 PM

Monday

And Sally Field is a good Democrat in real life too.

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