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Won't Back Down is a 2012 American drama film directed by Daniel Barnz and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Holly Hunter. Premise [ edit ] Two determined mothers, a car dealer/bartender ( Maggie Gyllenhaal ) and a teacher ( Viola Davis ), look to transform their children's failing inner-city school in Pittsburgh .
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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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' unions and bureaucracy. It embraces a slowly ...
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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 ...
Won't Back Down (previously titled Still I Rise, Learning To Fly and Steel Town) is a drama film directed by Daniel Barnz starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, and Holly Hunter. It was released on September 28, 2012. Two determined mothers, a bartender (Gyllenhaal) and a teacher (Davis), look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched ...
Production: What we know about Won't Back Down? Key Facts. A fictional story inspired by actual events. Filming Timeline . 2012 - January: The film was set to Post-Production status. 2011 - May: The film was set to Pre-Production status. Starts shooting May 23, 2011 in Pittsburgh. 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
