Won't Back Down

September. 28,2012      PG
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Liza Colón-Zayas as  Yvonne
Teri Clark as  Miss Andrews
Sarab Kamoo as  Principal Chamudes
Oscar Isaac as  Michael Perry

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