Based on a true story, " Freedom Writers" is an inspirational tale and testimony to courage, hope and the human spirit's triumph over intolerance. After sharing their stories with one another, the students see their shared experience for the first time and open up to the idea that there are possibilities in life outside of making it to the age of eighteen. Anthony Robbins, Sean Wolfington, Whitney Kroenke, Sybil Robson Orr, Tim. Staunton as Margaret Campbell John Benjamin Hickey as Brian Gilford April Lee Hernndez. Knowing that every one of her students has a story to tell, Erin encourages them to keep a daily journal of their thoughts and experiences. ‘Sound of Freedom’ Review: Jim Caviezel Anchors a Solidly Made and Disquieting Thriller About Child Sex Trafficking. But even freedom writers arguing to listen to adolescents. She brings in music from the 'Hood, and literature from another kind of ghetto, The Diary of Anne Frank, and with these simple tools she opens her students' eyes to the experiences of those suffering intolerance throughout the world and the struggles of those outside their own communities. They spark a transformation in the classroom, compel them to listen and force her to take off her idealistic blinders and take in the kids' survival stories of their undeclared war on the streets.
A racially motivated gang shooting witnessed by a Latina gang member in Erin's class, and an an ugly racial cartoon that Erin intercepts during class, become the most unwittingly dynamic teaching aids. Swank plays Erin Gruwell, the real-life teacher at Long Beach's Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them. Despite her students' obstinate refusal to participate during class, Erin tries various means to engage them on a daily basis.īut then ghetto reality steps in to focus the picture. On the surface, the only thing they share is their hatred for each other and the understanding that they are simply being warehoused in the educational system until they are old enough to disappear. Her class, a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life.
In her First day of teaching, Erin Gruwell steps inside Wilson High School.
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