Freedom Writers

DVD - 2017

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.

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Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment 2017, 2007.
Language
English
French
Corporate Author
Freedom Writers
Corporate Author
Freedom Writers (-)
Other Authors
Richard LaGravenese (-), Erin Gruwell, Mark Isham
Edition
Widescreen ed
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: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD)(122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Region 1; widescreen presentation.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.
ISBN
9781415731116
Access
For private home use only.
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