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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 intentio...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Freedom writers (Motion picture) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author:	Isham, Mark (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Freedom Writers Paramount Pictures Corporation Double Feature Films MTV Films (Firm) Jersey Films Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	LaGravenese, Richard (Screenwriter, Director) DeVito, Danny (Producer) Shamberg, Michael (Producer) Sher, Stacey (Producer) RZA (Rapper) Swank, Hilary Dempsey, Patrick, 1966- Glenn, Scott, 1942- Staunton, Imelda, 1956- Hernandez, April Lee Mario, 1986- Herrera, Kristin, 1989- Ngan, Jacklyn Montalvo, Sergio Wyatt, Deance Smith, Vanetta Chavarria, Gabriel Parrish, Hunter, 1987- Gruwell, Erin
Language:	English French
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) or French (Dolby 5.1) with optional English subtitles.
Published:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Gruwell, Erin > Drama. Urban schools > California > Drama. Teacher-student relationships > California > Drama. Diaries > Authorship > Drama. Student publications > California > Drama. High school students > California > Drama. High school students > Social conditions > Drama. High school students > Attitudes > Drama. Education, Urban > California > Drama. Feature films. Melodrama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Melodrama > Feature. Women > Feature. Youth > Feature.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Melodrama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Melodrama Women Youth Feature.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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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.
Note:	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: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CP2 D0078592 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language.
ISBN:	1415731632 9781415731635
Credits:	Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.
System Details:	DVD; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 surround.
Cast:	Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish.