Freedom Writers
Richard LaGravenese (Film director, Screenwriter), Danny DeVito (Film producer), Michael Shamberg (Film producer), Stacey Sher (Film producer), Erin Gruwell (Author), Hilary Swank (Actor), Scott Glenn (Actor), Imelda Staunton (Actor), Patrick Dempsey (Actor), Mario (Actor), April Lee Hernandez (Actor), Robert Wisdom (Actor), John Benjamin Hickey (Actor), Pat Carroll (Actor), Hunter Parrish (Actor), Jim Denault, Laurence Bennett (Production designer), David Moritz (Editor of moving image work), Cindy Evans (Costume designer), Mark Isham, Willi.am, Paramount Pictures Corporation (Presenter, Publisher), MTV Films (Firm) (Presenter), Jersey Films (Production company), Double Feature Films (Production company), Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company (Production company), Freedom Writers
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 naïve 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
DVD Video, English, 2007
Paramount Home Entertainment, Hollywood, Calif., 2007