written by Richard LaGravenese (whose previous screenplays include The Fisher King and The Bridges of Madison County) starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell (teacher by profession) who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. Hilary Swank stars in this enthralling movie of ghetto kids raised on street corners, underprivileged boys and girls who use drugs, have
realization of dreams. The movie explores many different subject matters. Million Dollar Baby is about friendship and respect. It is about love and it is about dreams. The main theme of the movie is the boxing career of Maggie Fitzgerald (played by Hilary Swank) - a 30-year old waitress who lives alone and barely gets by. However, she is strongly determined to become a professional boxer and this is why she seeks the help of Frankie Dunn (played by Clint Eastwood), a boxing trainer and an owner of a gym
The 2007 movie Freedom Writers gives a voice of hope and peace in a fragile environment where hate and sorrow battle in the life of urban teenagers. This drama film narrates the true story of a new English teacher, Erin Growell, who is designated to work in an inner-city school full of students surround by poverty, violence and youth crime bands. During the beginning of the movie, the teacher struggles to survive her first days at this racially segregated school in which students prejudice her for
Gender plays an important role in society. It points out men, women, their actions, and how they should behave according to society's perception (Gender Roles & Differences,2014). Being male or female is an essential aspect that makes up and helps individual's with their personality and the way they feel about themselves. Gender identity is what someone calls themselves or how they identify themselves. Children between 18 months and 3 years of age are aware of theirgender identity (Understanding
author of “The Savior Trope and the Modern Meanings of Whiteness”, argues that the cinema has always been catered toward an ideology of the white supremacy. Likewise, Freedom Writers (2007) self-evidently appear as a majoritarian narrative by having Hilary Swank starring as Erin Gruwell who play as the enthusiastic white female teacher who help change the lives of the students of color. However, along the movie there is a subtle switch of importance from the teacher to these students as they strive to
Education is a massive part of the world today and it is important every student is able to reach their fullest potential. Erin Gruwell, born in southern California on August 15, 1969, roves to be a symbol of hope and change as she forever changed the lives of her troubled high school students at Woodrow Wilson High School who were “written off by the education system”(Rea,2012) by allowing them a voice and instilling infinite potential in every student. Long before Gruwell became a teacher she aspired
Freedom Writers is a Hollywood film based on the book “The Freedom Writers’ Diary” by Erin Gruwell. The movie begins showing the 1992 race riots resulting from the beating of Rodney King. This sets the scene for the racial tension present in Long Beach, California. This racial tension has touched the lives of every student assigned to Mrs. Gruwell’s freshman English class. In order to give the students an opportunity to open up about their individual thoughts and experiences, Erin buys composition
Brandon Teena is the main character in Boys Don’t Cry. He is a boy that, as he himself proclaimed “had a birth defect or something”, meaning that he was born a girl. Throughout the movie, he is searching for acceptance, for somewhere that the way he is doesn’t matter. This is first shown to the viewer when he moves out of Lincoln, Nebraska, to Falls City, Nebraska. At the end of the film, Brandon Teena is brutally raped and later murdered. Though Brandon’s fate was in no way his fault, nor does it
Week 11 Final Assessment It is very important for every business to have a global code of conduct as it sets a comprehensive ethical and behavioral guideline about the decisions that the organization makes in their everyday activities. A global code of conduct makes sure that all of the organizations standards are set high for conducting effective business in both a legal and ethical manner. All of the employees within the organization are expected to comply with all of the guidelines and polices
Amelia Mary Earhart was named after her two grandmothers, Amelia Harres Otis and Mary Wells Earhart. It was a family tradition. (Fun Facts about Amelia Earhart. Fun Facts about Amelia Earhart) On her final flight, were she attempted to fly around the world in 1937, she mysteriously vanished. There are many theories about what happened to her and her crew member Fred Noonan. One theory about what happened to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan is that she was a U.S spy, spying on the Japanese. There are
In the award-winning film ‘Million Dollar Baby’ the director, Clint Eastwood, uses many significant scenes throughout the film such as the final fight scene ‘dirty fight’ to present themes and ideas to the audience, Clint Eastwood uses the four aspects of camera work, sound, dialogue and lighting. To do this, Clint Eastwood utilizes a variety of important film techniques to present these ideas, which help to create emotion and craft the scene. One of the most important scenes in ‘Million Dollar Baby’
Freedom Writers is a movie of a first year teacher named Mrs. Gruwell and her students. Mrs. Gruwell is passionate of her work and her students. Her students were classified difficult because of their lifestyle. Mrs. Gruwell had all the difficult students in her class. It was challenging for her to have the school commit in helping with reading supplies for the students. This lead for Mrs. Gruwell to buy her own supplies. The administration staff and other teacher did not have any hope for the students
Education in America not only means book learning, but it includes social learning, life experiences and decision making. For most of us, an education opens doors and gives opportunities for many things and is vital to lives. When watching the movie Freedom Writers, not only is it glorifying the television screen, but it’s portraying a story with meaning; either death, happiness, success or failure. Its meanings teaches more about the impacts towards people and various things day in and day out.
, Since April 13th Verizon Wireless has been at strike. Verizon wants to remove on call centers and replace workers with people from different countries. Over 35,000 workers across America are forced to make a decision between continue working for Verizon or begin picketing. If they choose to continue working, they are then called a Scab and are tormented by their fellow workers. Even though they are getting paid, Scabs are kicked out of the union, stop receiving benefits from the union, and betray
Born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, Amelia Earhart was a world famous female aviator. She is known for becoming the first woman to fly by herself across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly alone from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Amelia spent most of her childhood with her grandparents since her parents, Amelia "Amy" Otis and Edwin Earhart lent her to them during the cold months. She came from a wealthy family and her career started off as her working as a Voluntary Aid Detachment
The Freedom writers movie and book are based on the real diaries of high students from Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. The book was published in 1999 and was writed by the students of Ms.Gruwell class. Mrs.Gruwell was a new teacher to WWC High School in 1994. She didn’t know was she was getting herself into. She taught Freshman that were at the 5th grade reading level. Students didn't really care much for school or anything else. The campus of WWC High School was divided from different races
Writers is an inspirational drama based off the book The Freedom Writers Diary. The movie takes place in the early and mid 90’s beginning with scenes of actual footage from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Teacher Erin Gruwell, played by actress Hillary Swank, wanted to be a part of the integration plans put in place at that time and decides to leave the security of Newport Beach to teach at a school in Long Beach, where crime rates are much higher. This school is full of teachers and administration that
Amelia Earhart was a famous female pilot that accomplished many things in her lifetime. She was a brave and courageous woman for many reasons. One example is that Earhart went on a mission to fly around the world on the same plane that had failed her earlier, and one of the stops along the way was hard to locate. Another reason she is so brave is that Earhart became the first woman, and pilot to do many things where men dominated the field. The last reason why Amelia Earhart was admired for her bravery
The film, Boys Don't Cry, Kimberly Pierce's brilliant work of 1999, is the true story of, Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, played by Hillary Swank, who created a male identity for herself. Brandon was born in 1972 and died at the hopelessly young age of 21. The actual story takes place within the last two weeks of Brandon's life, in 1993. The movie, a dramatized documentary, was released in 1999. Brandon is a transgendered individual; he was born a female, but feels that he would be happier
Amelia Earhart is the first female aviator to fly over the Pacific Ocean. She disappeared while flying one day while flying over the Bermuda Triangle by the Pacific. Since then, she has inspired many women to become pilots. Amelia was born July 24th, 1897, in a town called Atchison, located in Kansas. She had a sister named Muriel, her mother, Amy, and her father, Edwin. Amelia’s father was interested in alcohol, and when things got bad their mother would take them to their grandmother’s house. At