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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