The Freedom Writers

 A classmate recommended this film last week. I read The Freedom Writers Diary back in 2007 and was very moved by it. After watching the movie, I was once again overwhelmed with how powerful their story is. Below are  twp clips from the movie. The first clip was at the beginning of the movie when the students were still very much divided...and Erin Gruwell (played by Hilary Swank) finds a way to help them see that they are not that different from each other after all. *Gets chills all up arm*


This next clip is equally as powerful. The students all write letters to the amazing woman who hid Anne Frank during the Holocaust. They raise enough money to have her fly in from Europe and tell her story. This is how she responds when a student says that she is his hero.



This movie was kind of hard to watch, very emotional intense, but I highly recommend it. Very eye opening and inspirational. This last video is an interview with the real Erin Gruwell. Very interesting to hear her perspective. This video also includes interview with Zlata, a young lady who wrote a diary of her experiences in Sarajevo growing up in a war zone.