Won't Back Down (2012)

Plot:

Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

Director:Daniel Barnz

Starring:Holly Hunter, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar Isaac, Rosie Perez, Ving Rhames, Viola Davis

PG, 2012, 20th Century Fox

Won't Back Down (2012)

1. Struggling student quits due to lack of support

2. Woman copes by self-inflicting pain

3. Man refuses to wait for others to fix problem

4. Woman relying on luck is disappointed

5. Woman refuses to quit, despite overwhelming odds

6. Petitioners rejected repeatedly before finding support

7. "We gotta be the change we wanna see"

8. Mother's burden of guilt released by son's forgiveness

9. Mother perseveres to get disabled daughter support