Synopsis
Their story. Their world. Their future.
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Freedom Writers
2007 Directed by Richard LaGravenese
Cast
Hilary Swank Scott Glenn Imelda Staunton Patrick Dempsey Mario April Lee Hernandez Robert Wisdom John Benjamin Hickey Pat Carroll Hunter Parrish Kristin Herrera Jaclyn Ngan Sergio Montalvo Jason Finn Deance Wyatt Vanetta Smith Gabriel Chavarria Antonio García Giovonnie Samuels Will Morales Armand Jones Ricardo Molina Angela Alvarado Liisa Cohen Tim Halligan Renee Firestone Eddie Ilam Elisabeth Mann Gloria Ungar Show All…
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Dino Dimuro Christopher Assells Per Hallberg Michael Keller Scott Millan Karen Baker Landers Dan Hegeman
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Alternative Titles
Escritores de la libertad, Escritores da Liberdade
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Underdogs and coming of age Politics and human rights school, teacher, student, classroom or classmates family, emotional, touching, emotion or kids racism, african american, powerful, hatred or slavery surfing, teenager, friendship, kids or adolescents sports, team, coach, athlete or football Show All…
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Wow, I really don't understand the mostly-average reviews this film has on this site -- this film was amazing. Almost everything about it was amazing. Hilary Swank was fantastic, which means a lot because normally I don't enjoy her films. All the children in the classroom were very captivating; I grew emotionally attached to each one of them. The purpose and subject matter of this film was very engrossing to me -- racial injustice, especially when it comes to youth that don't get fair opportunities, is an issue I care about immensely. The story line quickly drew me in, as it was very emotionally gripping -- so much so that I teared up a bit on more than one occasion.…
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Rotten Tomatoes: 70%
Metacritic Metascore: 64
IMDB: 7.581/100
Release Date: 05 January 2007
Distributor: Paramount
Budget: $21M
Worldwide Gross: $43M
Total Film Awards: 2Andre: " Justice doesn't mean the bad guy goes to jail, it just means that someone pays for the crime."
SYNOPSIS: A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
Woodrow Wilson High School is located in Long Beach, California. The school is voluntarily integrated, and it isn't working. The Asians, the blacks, the Latinos, and a very few whites not only don't get along but also stay within their cultural cliques and are part of protective and violent gangs. There…
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Why was her husband such an ass???? He was insecure because he wasn’t doing anything and tried to shame her for her success... smh
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I saw this movie way before my experience with social justice teaching. It's pandering in a way that is supposed to make privileged audiences feel good about themselves. Instead of addressing the systemic flaws that created the harsh world these students live in, it falls into the trap of white woman savior saving the poor illiterate kids of color, which is condescending at best, straight up racist at its worst. I don't think Hollywood will ever get a movie about teachers right if this kind of crap passes as verisimilitude.
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I think we all had that English teacher who would play this when they didn't feel like teaching
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The best idea contained in this film isn't the idea that you can break free of the cycle through pursuing an education, but rather it's the idea for a movie about Anne Frank where she straight up murders Adolf Hitler in the end.
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