Freedom Writers
Project LEARN Category
L- Listen
E- Educate
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
Activism
Movie Details
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Release Year: 2007
Running Time: 2 hours 3 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Movie Synopsis
A dedicated teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future. She assigns reading material that relates to their lives and encourages them all to keep journals.