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

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

Gruwell, Erin -- Drama.

Education, Urban -- California -- Drama.

Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama.

Student publications -- California -- Drama.

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

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 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.

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