Won't Back Down

IMDb link: 1870529
IMDb rating: 6.4 (7,012 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daniel Barnz
Cast: Holly Hunter, Oscar Isaac, Viola Davis and others

Release date: 28 Sep 2012
Release year: 2012
Runtime: 121 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: inner city, rubber band, african american, child, school, children, teacher, parent, education, teachers' union

Plot:

Two determined mothers, a car dealer/bartender (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and a teacher (Viola Davis), look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy and corruption from the teachers' union president (Holly Hunter) and the school's principal (Bill Nunn), they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

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