Movie
Won't Back Down
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-09-28
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Gran Via Productions, Walden Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Viola Davis as Nona Alberts
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Jamie Fitzpatrick
- Ving Rhames as Principal Thompson
- Lance Reddick as Charles Alberts
- Rosie Perez as Breena Harper
- Emily Alyn Lind as Malia
- Stephen Weigand as Riske's assistant
- Liza Colón-Zayas as Yvonne
- Teri Clark as Miss Andrews
- Sarab Kamoo as Principal Chamudes
- Oscar Isaac as Michael Perry
- Holly Hunter as Evelyn Riske
Crew
- Daniel Barnz - Director
- Brin Hill - Writer
- Daniel Barnz - Screenplay
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