Directed by:
Richard LaGraveneseScreenplay:
Richard LaGraveneseCinematography:
Jim DenaultCast:
Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Hernandez Castillo, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jaclyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn (more)VOD (5)
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Erin Gruwell (Swank) 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. Based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary and supported by a cast of first-time actors who drew from their actual experiences on the street Gruwell teaches us all an important lesson about tolerance and trust. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Hilary Swank
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Insomnia (2002)
Patrick Dempsey
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
The Emperor's Club (2002)
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
Scott Glenn
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Imelda Staunton
UK
Best movies:
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
April Hernandez Castillo
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
The History of Future Folk (2012)
Officer Down (2013)
Mario
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Step Up (2006)
Kristin Herrera
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Resurrection Mary (2007)
Jaclyn Ngan
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Sergio Montalvo
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Jason Finn
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Deance Wyatt
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Gabriel Chavarria
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
A Better Life (2011)
Hunter Parrish
USA
Best movies:
Still Alice (2014)
Freedom Writers (2007)
It's Complicated (2009)
Antonio García
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Giovonnie Samuels
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
Cooking Up Christmas (2020) (TV movie)
John Benjamin Hickey
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Truth (2015)
Robert Wisdom
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Ray (2004)
Face Off (1997)
Pat Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Freedom Writers (2007)
Ricardo Molina
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Spanglish (2004)
Angela Alvarado
USA
Best movies:
Freedom Writers (2007)
Boss of Bosses (2001) (TV movie)
Judgment Night (1993)