Freedom Writers

By 2007-01-01T10:00:00

Set against a backdrop of interracial, mutually destructive gang warfare, Freedom Writers is a passionately pitched if decidedly formulaic story of idealistic uplift, inspired by a true story in which Long Beach teenagers put their angst to paper in the charged years following the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

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