Freedom Writers
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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007].
Edition
Full screen ver.
Language
English
UPC
097361243245

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
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.
General Note
Special features: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actress Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.
Participants/Performers
Swank, Hilary, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
Language
English and French soundtracks with English subtitles. Closed-captioned.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Diaries -- Authorship -- Drama.
Drama.
Education, Urban -- California -- Drama.
Feature films.
Gruwell, Erin -- Drama.
High school students -- Attitudes -- Drama.
High school students -- California -- Drama.
High school students -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Melodramas (Drama)
Student publications -- California -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama.
Urban schools -- California -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Other Subjects
French language materials.
Spanish language materials.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

DeVito, D., Shamberg, M., Sher, S., LaGravenese, R., Swank, H., Dempsey, P., Glenn, S., Staunton, I., Hernandez, A. L., Mario., Herrera, K., Ngan, J., Montalvo, S., Wyatt, D., Smith, V., Chavarria, G., Parrish, H., & Gruwell, E. (2007). Freedom Writers (Full screen ver.). Paramount Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Danny. DeVito et al.. 2007. Freedom Writers. Paramount Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Danny. DeVito et al.. Freedom Writers Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

DeVito, Danny., et al. Freedom Writers Full screen ver., Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.

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