The picture was filmed in two American states of the USA: Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The film's opening credits state: "We dedicate this film to the people of northern Minnesota with special tribute to the women miners of the Mesabi Iron Range."
Tom Bower in 1986 was nominated for the Best Male Lead prize at the Independent Spirit Awards but lost out to M. Emmet Walsh for Blood Simple (1984).
Lead actress Lisa Eichhorn accepted her role of June Lorich ''because she was taken with the unusual story and unique setting'' according to an article published in the November 1982 issue of 'American Film' magazine:
The movie's 1980s home video sleeve notes in the USA declared that the film was in the ''tradition of Norma Rae (1979)''.
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