Won't Back Down

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Won't Back Down (28-Sep-2012)

Director: Daniel Barnz

Writers: Daniel Barnz; Brin Hill

Keywords: Drama

Two mothers engage in a head-on fight with government bureaucrats to effect change in a local inner-city school.

ABSTRACT
Inspired in part by real-life events surrounding California's parent trigger law, Won't Back Down chronicles the trials and tribulations of two mothers -- one a car dealer and bartender, the other a teacher -- as they attempt to improve the quality of an area inner city school by defying the ways and means of its principal, government bureaucrats, and a corrupt teachers' union. Funded by conservative telecom billionaire Philip Anschutz and touted by charter-school advocate Michelle Rhee, the film was marked by significant controversy upon its release.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Viola Davis Actor 11-Aug-1965 Nurse Peeler on City of Angels

Ned Eisenberg Actor 13-Jan-1957 Roger Kressler on Law & Order: SVU

Maggie Gyllenhaal Actor 16-Nov-1977 Secretary

Holly Hunter Actor 20-Mar-1958 The Piano

Oscar Isaac Actor 9-Mar-1979 Poe Dameron in The Force Awakens

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Actor 26-Apr-1967 Without a Trace

Bill Nunn Actor 20-Oct-1953 24-Sep-2016 Do the Right Thing

Rosie Perez Actor 6-Sep-1964 Do The Right Thing

Lance Reddick Actor 31-Dec-1969 Desmond Mobay on Oz

Ving Rhames Actor 12-May-1959 Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction

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