Jan 05, 2007 · Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn. A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.

Freedom Writers 2007 PG-13 2h 3m Social Issue Dramas While her at-risk students are reading classics such as "The Diary of Anne Frank," a teacher asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives. Synopsis. The storyline of the movie takes place between 19921995, beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell, a new, excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown, Newport Beach, to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, a formerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Oct 12, 1999 · The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them [The Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic, Erin Gruwell] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 20 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them is a non-fiction 1999 book written by The Freedom Writers, a group of students from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, and their teacher Erin Gruwell. Erin originally met with director Richard LaGravenese in 2000 after he first saw a story about the book The Freedom Writers Diary on the TV news show "Primetime Live". "I then read the book of diaries written by the students," says LaGravenese, "and immediately called my producer, Stacey Sher, and told her that this was a project we had to do." Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. "Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart " follows idealistic teacher Erin Gruwell as she tries to reach 150 at-risk students who were labeled “unteachable.” It’s 1994 and Long Beach

Freedom Writers 2007 PG-13 2h 3m Social Issue Dramas While her at-risk students are reading classics such as "The Diary of Anne Frank," a teacher asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives.

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The Freedom Writers Diary is a nonfiction book that collects the stories of English teacher Erin Gruwell and her students at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, as they move from their freshman to senior years from 1994-1998. The book is divided into eight major sections, one for the fall and spring of each year, as well as a forward

Jan 05, 2007 · Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn. A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school. Jan 12, 2007 · Freedom Writers Critics Consensus. Freedom Writers is a frank, formulaic entry in the inspirational inner-city teacher genre, with an energetic Hilary Swank leading the appealing cast of unknowns. Freedom Writers. On their first day of high school, Erin Gruwell's students had only three things in common: they hated school, they hated each other, and they hated her. But all of that changed when they discovered the power of telling their stories. Freedom Writers 2007 PG-13 2h 3m Social Issue Dramas While her at-risk students are reading classics such as "The Diary of Anne Frank," a teacher asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives. Synopsis. The storyline of the movie takes place between 19921995, beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell, a new, excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown, Newport Beach, to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, a formerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Oct 12, 1999 · The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them [The Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic, Erin Gruwell] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.