By taking on two extra jobs, Erin pays for the literature books and journals herself. Erin eventually wins over the hearts of her students by making a big effort and using unique teaching methods. The department chair, Margaret Campbell, holds Erin and her students back by not “wasting” teaching material on the class. Erin wants her class to get acquainted with the Holocaust, because she feels like her students will recognize themselves in the racism of the story.Įrin gives them the opportunity to write about their backgrounds and experience of the world. By talking to her students about topics that matter to them, she tries to win her students over. Before she can teach them anything, she will have to earn their trust and respect.īut this does not stop her from trying to teach her students, who all have bad histories of street gangs, (domestic) violence, and homelessness. She notices that she will have to handle this class in a different way than she is used to. Each one of these ethnically different groups have their own territory, which are not only visible in the streets, but also in classroom 203.įrom the very beginning of her first day, Erin struggles to connect with her English students. The new teacher Erin Gruwell ends up in a class where there are Spanish speakers, descendants of refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia, African Americans and one single white boy. The high school is also deteriorated most of the students do not complete their education because of it and the teachers could not care less. These riots make up the atmosphere in the city and at the Woodrow Wilson High School. These riots arose as a reaction to the violent arrest of the innocent black man Rodney King by white police officers. The story is set in the early nineties, at the time of the race riots in the American city of Los Angeles. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Paramount Pictures.The movie Freedom Writers (2007), which is based on a true story, opens with the just graduated Erin Gruwell ( Hilary Swank) being accepted as an English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, which is characterized by its large diversity of students. Freedom Writers was made on a budget of $21 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $43 million. The motion picture has a running time of 122 minutes. Cinematography was done by Jim Denault and editing by David Moritz. The music was composed by Mark Isham along with Will.i.am and Rza. The screenplay is written by Richard LaGravenese which is inspired from The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell. Hernandez, Kristin Herrera and Jaclyn Ngan. Freedom writers features Hilary Swank in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, April L. A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school. The movie is directed by Richard Lagravenese and produced by Danny Devito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher under the banner of MTV Films in collaboration with Jersey Films and 2S Films. Freedom Writers is a 2007 English-language Biography Crime movie written by Richard Lagravenese, Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell.
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