Freedom Writers Movie Review

In the movie Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese and produced in 2007, set in Long Beach, California, is about a high school English teacher, played by Hilary Swank, who sets out to unite her freshman class and see past the racial borders that they grew up dealing with (“The Freedom Writers”). The students (main characters played by April Lee Hernandez, Jason Finn, Kristin Herrera, Jamal Hill, ect.) describe their lives as war, each of their racial backgrounds are at war with the others that are different than them (“The Freedom Writers”). Their teacher, Erin Gruwell, gives them the opportunity to change their fate. She gives them the hope that never received from another teacher. The Freedom Writers is a display of the cruelty of the Holocaust, the topic the students most love to learn about, and shows the extent of violence the students faced. The movie is an inspiration to anyone all around the world, that it only takes one person to make …show more content…
She made those students feel important and made a difference in the society and for that, she has influenced people to make a difference and help others out. This movie is an extremely inspirational and respected movie. Erin Gruwell went on to have her students type their journal entries and she then made a book out of it, creating the Freedom Writers Diary, for all to read the excerpts of her students. She did this to relate to the Diary of Anne Frank, the students favorite subject to learn about (“Freedom Writers”). This just goes even further into their minds and allows people around the world to see the impact of Erin Gruwell, and should make a person do something as amazing as what she did. Any kind of person would enjoy this movie, it has action, emotion, suspense, and inspiration. It could reach all viewers of any kind because of the many different aspects to the