Title: Freedom writers
Description: Hilary Swank stars in this story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed a voice. Swank plays Erin Gruwell, 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.
Subjects: Drama, Authorship, Teacher-student relationships, Urban schools, Diaries
Places: California
People: Erin Gruwell