TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.
AU  - DeVito, Danny.
AU  - Shamberg, Michael.
AU  - Sher, Stacey.
AU  - LaGravenese, Richard.
AU  - Swank, Hilary.
AU  - Dempsey, Patrick,
AU  - Glenn, Scott,
AU  - Staunton, Imelda,
AU  - Hernandez, April Lee.
AU  - Mario,
AU  - Herrera, Kristin.
AU  - Ngan, Jacklyn.
AU  - Montalvo, Sergio.
AU  - Wyatt, Deance.
AU  - Smith, Vanetta.
AU  - Chavarria, Gabriel.
AU  - Parrish, Hunter,
AU  - Gruwell, Erin.
CN  - PN1997.2
CN  - PN1997.2
CY  - Hollywood, Calif. :
DA  - 2007.
ID  - 463307
KW  - Education, Urban
KW  - Teacher-student relationships
KW  - Student publications
KW  - High school students
LA  - eng
LA  - fre
LA  - Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) or French (Dolby 5.1) with optional English subtitles.
N1  - 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.
N1  - Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
N1  - Special features: commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes (11 min.); "Making a dream" (6 min.); "Freedom Writers family" (20 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.); "Freedom Writers: the story behind the story" (10 min.); photo gallery.
N2  - 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.
PB  - Paramount Home Entertainment,
PP  - Hollywood, Calif. :
PY  - 2007.
SN  - 141573111X
SN  - 9781415731116
T1  - Freedom Writers
TI  - Freedom Writers
ER  -