DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Freedom Writers / Paramount Pictures presents in association with MTV Films ; Jersey Films/Double Feature Films Production ; directed by Richard LaGravenese ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher.

Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]

©2006

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language.

Gruwell, Erin -- Drama.

Freedom Writers -- Drama.

Education, Urban -- California -- Drama.

Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama.

Student publications -- California -- Drama.

High school students -- California -- Social conditions -- Drama.

Feature films.

Films for hard of hearing people

DeVito, Danny.

Sher, Stacey.

Swank, Hilary.

Dempsey, Patrick, 1966-

Glenn, Scott, 1942-

Staunton, Imelda, 1956-

Hernandez, April Lee.

Mario, 1986-

Herrera, Kristin.

Ngan, Jacklyn.

Montalvo, Sergio.

Wyatt, Deance.

Smith, Vanetta.

Chavarria, Gabriel.

Parrish, Hunter, 1987-

Shamberg, Michael.

LaGravenese, Richard.

Isham, Mark.

Durning, Tracey.

Freedom Writers.

Paramount Pictures Corporation.

MTV Films (Firm)

Jersey Films.

Double Feature Films.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

"Their story, their words, their future"--Container.

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.

Special features: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; Making a dream (6 min.); Freedom Writers family (20 min.); Freedom Writers : the story behind the story / produced and edited by Tracey Durning (c2006) (10 min.).

Executive producer, Hilary Swank [and others] ; director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.

Hilary Swank, 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.

DVD format. Region 1; widescreen presentation.

Dialogue in English (Dolby 5.1 surround, Dolby 2.0 surround) or French (Dolby 5.1) with optional English subtitles. Closed-captioned.

War has been declared -- Welcome to Freshman English -- Tribes -- Borders -- You don't know me -- The line -- War stories -- Permission -- Tolerance -- Home -- The diary -- Heroes -- Courage -- Who would you pick? -- Blessed with a burden -- Our own voices -- End titles.

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