Freedom writers
(DVD)
Contributors
DeVito, Danny, film producer.
Shamberg, Michael, film producer.
Sher, Stacey, film producer.
LaGravenese, Richard, screenwriter,
Swank, Hilary, actor.
Shamberg, Michael, film producer.
Sher, Stacey, film producer.
LaGravenese, Richard, screenwriter,
Swank, Hilary, actor.
Published
Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2017].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2017].
Language
English
UPC
032429283085, 032429283108
Notes
General Note
Cataloged from container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
General Note
Based on the book The Freedom Writers diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell.
General Note
Wide screen.
General Note
Special features: commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; Making a dream; Freedom writers family; Freedom writers: the story behind the story; photo gallery.
Creation/Production Credits
Music by Mark Isham and will.i.am ; film editor, David Moritz ; director of photography, Jim Denault.
Participants/Performers
Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Mario.
Description
Hilary Swank stars in this story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed a voice. Swank plays Erin Gruwell, the real-life teacher at Long Beach's Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them and the education system that forgot them.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0.
Language
In English or dubbed French; with optional Spanish or English subtitles; English closed-captioned.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Crime films.
Diaries -- Authorship -- Drama.
Drama.
English teachers -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Freedom Writers -- Film adaptations.
Gruwell, Erin -- Drama.
Race relations -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama.
Urban schools -- California -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Diaries -- Authorship -- Drama.
Drama.
English teachers -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Freedom Writers -- Film adaptations.
Gruwell, Erin -- Drama.
Race relations -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama.
Urban schools -- California -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects