Fighting Back

Captures the stories of a 13-year-old boy and two 9-year-old girls as they fight against leukemia, but ultimately lose the battle. Shows how their relationships with patients, doctors, friends and peers change as their illnesses take their course.

The People's Neighborhood Patrol, or "PNP" for short, is a vigilante group of people who are fed up with crime in their neighborhood. The film opens with a news story about violence in society since JFK's assassination in 1963. John D'Angelo organizes a neighborhood patrol composed of regular citizens. The PNP operates above the law.

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Cast
Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, Michael Sarrazin
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Captures the stories of a 13-year-old boy and two 9-year-old girls as they fight against leukemia, but ultimately lose the battle. Shows how their relationships with patients, doctors, friends and peers change as their illnesses take their course.

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