"A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him."
Uzo Aduba
as Virginia Walden
Matthew Modine
as Congressman Cliff Williams
Niles Fitch
as James Walden
Samantha Sloyan
as Mrs. Watson
Vanessa Williams
as Sally Rae
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
as Lorraine Townsend
Adina Porter
as Annette Johnson
Nadji Jeter
as Bonz
Amirah Vann
as Shondae Smith
Suzanne Ford
as Speaker Pro Tempore
April Grace
as Mrs. Jackson
Erik LaRay Harvey
as Mayor Anthony Carver
Michael Beasley
as Robert Michaels
Kimberly Hebert Gregory
as Tasha White
Presciliana Esparolini
as Principal Martinez
Larry Bates
as Principal Chapman
Wain Jenkins
as Protester
Rob Pfaltzgraff
Producer
Erin D. O'Connor
Writer
R.J. Daniel Hanna
Director
Stacey Parks
Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography
Brian Scofield
Editor
Aisha Coley
Casting
Laura Karpman
Original Music Composer
Grace Alie
Production Design
M. Elizabeth Hughes
Maurice Black
Erin O'Connor