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A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good int...

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Uniform Title:Freedom writers (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Freedom Writers, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Double Feature Films, MTV Films (Firm), Jersey Films, Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: DeVito, Danny, Shamberg, Michael, Sher, Stacey, LaGravenese, Richard, Swank, Hilary, Dempsey, Patrick, 1966-, Glenn, Scott, 1942-, Staunton, Imelda, 1956-, Hernandez, April Lee, Mario, 1986-, Gruwell, Erin
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. Dialogue in English or French with optional English subtitles.
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
Edition:Widescreen [ed.].
Subjects:
Gruwell, Erin > Drama.
Education, Urban > California > Drama.
Teacher-student relationships > California > Drama.
Student publications > California > Drama.
High school students > California > Social conditions > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama.
Women > Feature.
Youth > Feature.
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Summary:A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment is something that the class can bite into with relish. This eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside. Draws heavily from the published journals of the real students themselves.
Item Description:Based on the book "The Freedom Writers diary: how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them" by the Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell.
Special features include: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; Making a dream featurette; Freedom writers family featurette; theatrical trailer; Freedom writers: the story behind the story featurette; photo gallery.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby 2.0.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans.
ISBN:141573111X
9781415731116