Movie in Tolerance and Inspiration This movie is based on the book "The Freedom Writers diary: how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them" by the Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell. It is an inspiring and uplifting movie, a true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students a chance to learn that they is a world beyond the one they can see in front of them. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school and discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won... more info
Good film on a excellent disc Very enjoyable film on a cracking disc with a fantastic picture!...To answer the Dr's question...Most US or Region A blu-ray's will play on a Region B or UK machine. The only ones that I definately know won't are any from the Fox studio and also some Disney titles This film is from the Paramount Studio that does'nt support regional coding so although it is a Region A disc it will deffo play on a region B UK player. Hope this helps
Region coding? I'm keen to get this on BluRay, but as far as I know it isn't yet available for region B (Europe and Africa), and Amazon don't say what region this item is. Most of us in the UK can't play region A disks. Can anyone tell me more about this? Is this item region A or B?
Fresh Spin on a Generic Genre Treading exceedingly familiar ground as it continues along, 2007's "Freedom Writers" is easily one of the most inspired and superior films of its variety in many a year -- that of new teacher in school inspires gang-affiliated poverty-stricken students to make greater steps in their lives and fulfill their potential. That's because, while generic in portions, "Freedom Writers" brings its own freshness to proceedings. Daring moreso than another sub-genre teacher/student piece of recent times -- that being... more info
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