“Won’t Back Down” and “Will Stand Up” | Parents Across America:
by pureparentsBy Lorie Barzano
Chair of Coalition SAUS (Strengthen Austin Urban Schools), a parent led group representing inner-city public schools working to ensure accessible, quality Public Education for all children and healthy, thriving Public Schools in Austin’s urban core.
I saw “Won’t Back Down” last week with two other parents from Coalition SAUS. A free, pre-screening hosted by the Charter School Association, we sat in the dark theatre surrounded by a hundred charter school teachers and a smattering of charter school parents. I know this because they laughed and “hmmed” at points in the movie, where we did not. I know this because we laughed and “hmmed” at points in the movie, where they did not.
As a film, the movie earns “two of five stars” at best. I found it shallow and formulaic. Although studded with a strong cast of actors, unfortunately they all play fairly flat characters moving through a completely
