Hilary Swank
Erin Gruwell
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Jan 5, 2007 · Freedom Writers: Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton. A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
- (85K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Richard LaGravenese
- 2007-01-05
Box office. $43.1 million. Freedom Writers is a 2007 American biographical drama film written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey and Mario . It is based on the 1999 book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell and students who compiled the book out of real diary ...
Jan 5, 2007 · A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take ...
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- Richard Lagravenese
- PG-13
- Hilary Swank
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 ...
Hilary Swank stars in this story of inner-city kids raised on drive-by shootings and hard-core attitude – and the teacher who gives them the one thing they need most: a voice of their own. 6,442 IMDb 7.6 2 h 2 min 2007. X-Ray 16+. Drama · Emotional · Tense · Touching. Available to rent or buy.
Jan 5, 2007 · Directed by Richard LaGravenese. Biography, Crime, Drama. PG-13. 2h 3m. By Manohla Dargis. Jan. 5, 2007. As a cinematic subspecies, films about teachers working with throwaway kids tend to follow...
Parents need to know that Freedom Writers is a 2007 movie in which Hilary Swank plays an idealistic young white teacher who inspires a group of "at-risk" students of color to believe in themselves. The movie is set in a Long Beach, California high school in the mid-1990s against the backdrop of deep racial….
