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Freedom Writers is a drama film. It was directed by Richard LaGravenese. The cast includes Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California.The idea for the film came from journalist Tracey Durning, who made a documentary about Erin Gruwell for the ABC News program Primetime Live. Durning served as coexecutive producer of the film. The storyline with the movie takes place between 1994-1996, beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell, a new, excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown, Newport Beach, to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, a formerly high achieving school which has recently put an integration plan in place. This Movie is a very interesting, film tells about the life of a teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, Erin Gruwell. Gruwell is a teacher of English in classroom 203, where there are diverse racial gang who are always clustered, such as race black, Hispanic, and race white. In the early arrival of Gruwell, the students were not interested in his presence. They are very sentiment against white people. They assume that Gruwell did not understand anything about their hard lives. But Gruall's persistence in educating their results. These children, who initially hate each other Because of differences in race, eventually became friends and break down racial barriers between them. When there is a shooting incident that happened to a friend of his protege, he taught about the meaning of honesty. And there are successfuls to make a The Freedom Writers Of Diary. Besides that this movie is also there by the action of a watch that makes you feel very surprised. And This movie is giving a lot of lessons about what it is honesty and friendship