| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C- |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B- |
| Run Time: | 123 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 16 Apr 2007 |
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Other stories based on the real life efforts of educators and young advocates have also made it to film. Gang violence rips apart the lives of youth on the streets and even inside prison walls until a camp guard introduces football as a way to deal with aggression and breakdown barriers in Gridiron Gang. Jaime Escalante takes on the challenge of teaching Calculus to a group of struggling inner city kids in Stand and Deliver. The documentary Paperclips follows the exceptional experiences of a small school in Tennessee that implements a Holocaust study with their students.
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Release Date: 17 April 2007
Fans of Freedom Writers take note: The film is coming to DVD in either full or wide screen presentations. Bonus extras include alternate and deleted scenes, as well as the movie’s theatrical trailer. Featurettes cover Making A Dream (a behind-the-scenes look at the movie), the Freedom Writers Family, and Freedom Writers: The Story Behind the Story (a documentary about the real Erin Gruwell). Audio tracks and subtitles are available in English.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
