A suspense drama based on the life of Fair Pay activist Lilly Ledbetter. | dG1fY2lucmNkU041Mlk
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00:00Sometimes in life, you hit a turning point.
00:11Lily!
00:12Oh, you got to be more careful, girl.
00:14And that was it for me.
00:18How long have you worked there?
00:22Just shy of 20 years.
00:25I don't understand why you stayed.
00:28At first, they were just shenanigans.
00:32I've got schoolboy nonsense, really.
00:34If you can find me some evidence,
00:37I need substantiation to build you a case.
00:42Well, here we go.
00:46You sure you're up for this?
00:48What time you want to leave?
00:50Now, your income, if you include overtime,
00:52it is half of what the men are making.
00:55She was bossy, thought she was better than everybody else.
00:57John wants me to smile more.
00:59Don't you dare smile.
01:01These are powerful groups.
01:02We knew that it could go either way.
01:04You think they should get away with how they treated me?
01:07No.
01:08The partners and I would like to take this to the Supreme Court.
01:12That company took advantage of me,
01:14like so many companies are taking advantage of their workers.
01:18If she wins, women all over the country are going to use this as an excuse to sue.
01:23I'm so damn proud of you, babe.
01:25Miss Ledbetter was consigned to a career as a second-class employee
01:29only because she is a woman.
01:31That cannot be the law, and it isn't.
01:33You knew you were being paid less than your male counterparts.
01:36You waited to retire before suing.
01:38Do you really believe I chose to work 20 years
01:40knowing I was being cheated and discriminated against
01:42just so I could wait to sue?
01:44Does that make any sense?
01:45You're not one of them, and you never will be.
01:48You're a country girl who grew up swimming in Doc Brewster's pond.
01:51That's right.
01:53So I know how to burn off a leech.