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Sep 26, 2012 · The failing primary school in "Won't Back Down" succeeds in teaching only seventy percent of its graduates to read. The American public education system seems to be in meltdown, producing high school graduates less literate and numerate than the grade school graduates of a few generations ago."Won't Back Down" blames this failure on teachers ...
Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and Nona Alberts (Viola Davis) are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their...
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- Daniel Barnz
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- Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sep 28, 2012 · Won't Back Down: Directed by Daniel Barnz. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Holly Hunter. Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school.
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- Daniel Barnz
- 2012-09-28
Sep 26, 2012 · Won’t Back Down: Film Review. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis take charge of a turnaround campaign at a failing Pittsburgh elementary school in Daniel Barnz's inspirational agenda movie.
Sep 28, 2012 · Won’t Back Down opens on close-ups of a terrified young girl in a dingy classroom struggling to read the word “story” while classmates goof off with video games and a teacher checks her...
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Sep 28, 2012 · Won't Back Down follows Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a single mother with a child who is struggling to read and how she joins force with a teacher, Nona Alberts (Viola Davis) to try and turn around their failing school, the failing school both their children attend.
Inspiring tale of a mom's quest to better her kid's school. Read Common Sense Media's Won't Back Down review, age rating, and parents guide.
