Intro"Freedom Writers" is an incredible, inspiring 2003 drama movie directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, and Patrick Dempsey. The film is based on the real-life story of Erin Gruwell, an unskilled instructor figured out to change the lives of her at-risk trainees, depicted in "The Freedom Writers Diary", a book released in 1999.
Plot SummaryHilary Swank stars as the young idealistic Erin Gruwell who steps into her first teaching job at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. The school has just recently undergone a voluntary integration program and as an outcome, Erin discovers herself to be the teacher of a varied group of racially charged teenagers, notorious for their violence and overwhelming hatred for different racial communities.
Eyebrows are raised when Erin, discriminatively viewed as too white and fortunate, is assigned a class of 'unteachables', consisted of marginalized racial minorities, gang members, and poverty-stricken students. Interrupted by their traumatic realities and devastating mindsets, she resorts to non-traditional teaching methodologies, involving the young minds in mature topics such as The Holocaust and Anne Frank's journal.
CharactersErin Gruwell is the lead character, an optimistic and identified teacher who believes that her trainees have potential despite their difficult circumstances. The trainees who at first dismiss Erin, gradually learn to trust her. Some noteworthy students consist of Eva Benitez (an Latina girl deeply tied to her gang), Andre Bryant (an African-American young boy who witnesses the realities of racial killings) and Marcus (an African-American young boy grappling with homelessness).
ResolutionErin presents the trainees to "The Diary of Anne Frank" and other books about young people in comparable treacherous circumstances. Influenced, the students start keeping journals as their method to reveal their worries, thoughts and experiences. Despite significant reaction and skepticism from senior instructors, moms and dads and the administration, Erin declines to pull back and continues working non-stop to break the racial barriers amongst her trainees.
She arranges a surprise see from Miep Gies who helped Anne Frank hide during WWII, causing the students' awareness that they can be "heroes" too. Finally, with Erin's motivation, the trainees assemble their experiences into a book titled "The Freedom Writers Diary".
Conclusion"Freedom Writers" highlights the exceptional true story of one teacher's resilience and commitment to making a distinction in her students' lives. Their improvement into accountable, non-violent, tolerant, and intense high school graduates, all set to face the world with approval and understanding, lends intend to the audience.
The film highlights the significance of devotion, compassion, and courage. Drawing parallels to Anne Frank's nerve in the face of adversity and Gruwell's decision, the film's heartfelt story brings a favorable modification in one's viewpoint towards education and how it can empower and free one from the chains of hatred, violence and bias.
In spite of carrying out under their grade level at the start, all 150 of Gruwell's students finish from high school and a lot of them go on to go to college, testimony to the transformative power of education and hope.
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