![]() ![]() I watched Freedom Writers again before going to see ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ at the Lakewood Playhouse. it will keep you entertained and you will walk away glad you came to see it.” There were actually scenes where the packed theater clapped and cheered, and other times when everyone gasped at the same time. And, without a fear of losing my masculinity, I can honestly say that there were two, maybe three scenes that I had to bite my lip and try to not tear up… if you can watch this movie and not get misty eyed at least once there is something wrong. It’s not like an award-winning film however, it is definitely worth checking out. I went into it not knowing a lot about what the movie was about, but expecting a “Dangerous Minds” Knock-off, but was surprised at how much I really loved this. “You will NOT be disappointed! Great movie! I just saw an advanced screening, and was taken aback. I did what I had to do, because it was the right thing to do. Miep Gies: “But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.” Official Trailer – /video/vi463798553įreedom Writers also captures the claustrophobic realities of daily existence. Young teacher Erin Gruwell (played by Hillary Swank) reached out to her students. Erin also finds that her teaching job is placing a strain on her marriage to Scott Casey, a man who seems to have lost his own idealistic way in life.” - Huggo As Erin tries harder and harder to get the resources not provided to teach properly (which often results in her needing to pay for them herself by working a second and third job), she seems to face greater resistance, especially from her colleagues, such as Margaret Campbell, her section head, who lives by regulations and sees such resources as a waste, and Brian Gelford, who will protect his “privileged” position of teaching the senior honors classes at all cost. And it isn’t until she provides an assignment of writing a daily journal – which will be not graded, and will remain unread by her unless they so choose – that the students begin to open up to her. It isn’t until Erin holds an unsanctioned discussion about a recent drive-by shooting death that she fully begins to understand what she’s up against.
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