Won't Back Down
2012, Film, 121 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
If you can't beat the system... change it
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Directed by Daniel Barnz
Cast
- Viola Davis as Nona Alberts
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jamie Fitzpatrick
- Holly Hunter as Evelyn Riske
- Oscar Isaac as Michael Perry
- Rosie Perez as Breena Harper
- Emily Alyn Lind as Malia Fitzpatrick
- Dante Brown as Cody Alberts
- Lance Reddick as Charles Alberts
- Ving Rhames as Principal Thompson
- Bill Nunn as Principal Holland
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