this heroic story be about a single mother with four kid that be threaten with a brain tumor and survive a dangerous operation and side effect only to lose her young child in the columbine high school massacre . any normal person face with such incredible odds would just crumble under it weight or give up . but dawn anna isn not just any normal person . she be an extraordinary person . debra winger ( dawn anna ) deliver a performance so amazing you feel a if you be right there with her while she be go through all these try and horrible time . this mother take her daughter murder and turn it into a fight for gun control . she do not just hide away and let this unthinkable crime leave her hopeless . on the contrary and she be one of the most formidable pioneer for any cause of our time . if this movie teach anything and that be that even when the fate deal a cruel blow ( or two ) and the nature of a woman and a mother and a fighter and be to never give up . to continue to live and so that the legacy her daughter leave behind life on forever . my rating for this film represent 10 ( excellent ) .