Freedom Writers., Paramount Pictures ; Double Feature Films ; MTV Films ; Jersey Films ; Kernos Filmproduktiosgesellschaft & Company ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; directed by Richard LaGravenese, Fullscreen
Type
Label
Freedom Writers., Paramount Pictures ; Double Feature Films ; MTV Films ; Jersey Films ; Kernos Filmproduktiosgesellschaft & Company ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; directed by Richard LaGravenese, Fullscreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language
Main title
Freedom Writers.
Oclc number
84727041
Responsibility statement
Paramount Pictures ; Double Feature Films ; MTV Films ; Jersey Films ; Kernos Filmproduktiosgesellschaft & Company ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; directed by Richard LaGravenese
Runtime
122
Summary
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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.version
Fullscreen
Classification
Contributor
- Sher, Stacey
- Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company
- Hernandez, April Lee
- Gruwell, Erin
- Shamberg, Michael
- MTV Films (Firm)
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Glenn, Scott, 1942-
- Ngan, Jacklyn
- Jersey Films
- Mario
- DeVito, Danny
- Montalvo, Sergio
- Swank, Hilary
- LaGravenese, Richard
- Chavarria, Gabriel
- Parrish, Hunter, 1987-
- Double Feature Films (Firm)
- Herrera, Kristin
- Dempsey, Patrick, 1966-
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Staunton, Imelda, 1953-
- Wyatt, Deance
- Smith, Vanetta
- Freedom Writers
Subject
- Diaries + Authorship -- Drama
- Videorecordings for the hearing impaired
- Urban schools -- California -- Drama
- High school students + Attitudes -- Drama
- Melodrama
- Feature films
- High school students -- California -- Drama
- High school students + Social conditions -- Drama
- Student publications -- California -- Drama
- Gruwell, Erin -- Drama
- Videodiscs
- Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor25
- Sher, Stacey
- Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company
- Hernandez, April Lee
- Gruwell, Erin
- Shamberg, Michael
- MTV Films (Firm)
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Glenn, Scott, 1942-
- Ngan, Jacklyn
- Jersey Films
- Mario
- DeVito, Danny
- Montalvo, Sergio
- Swank, Hilary
- LaGravenese, Richard
- Chavarria, Gabriel
- Parrish, Hunter, 1987-
- Double Feature Films (Firm)
- Herrera, Kristin
- Dempsey, Patrick, 1966-
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Staunton, Imelda, 1953-
- Wyatt, Deance
- Smith, Vanetta
- Freedom Writers
- Genre3
- Subject12
- Diaries + Authorship -- Drama
- Videorecordings for the hearing impaired
- Urban schools -- California -- Drama
- High school students + Attitudes -- Drama
- Melodrama
- Feature films
- High school students -- California -- Drama
- High school students + Social conditions -- Drama
- Student publications -- California -- Drama
- Gruwell, Erin -- Drama
- Videodiscs
- Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama
- Content1
- Mapped to1