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Someone expand on the plot, please hello? i ate my own head 02:56, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

what books were used for the class to read?

Trivia[edit]

"The title is a pun on the term "Freedom Riders," the black and white civil rights demonstrators that tested the Supreme Court order for desegregated interstate buses in 1961."

Wouldn't Freedom Fighters be more closer than Freedom Riders? Fissionfox 09:45, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

a short clip was shown in the film of a documentary the students were watching about the freedom riders. "freedom fighters," on the other hand, was not mentioned in the movie. -Tapd260

In the book, its clearly explained that the name comes from "Freedom Riders". <3 Clamster 00:43, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It may be worth poinhuhur6rrgrtti ng out that due to censorship within certain countries (United Arab Emirates in particular) the scene inside the museum, and much of the discussion regarding the holocaust was cut. --Celticguy75 12:05, 31 July 2007 (UTC) in norway[reply]

Criticism[edit]

There should be a section on real teachers' reactions to the movie. There were a few in the New York Times. Celticguy makes a great point. The censorship is very relevant. Got a source on that?12.144.50.221 15:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think the reaction of teachers at Wilson would be more important in this article. As I recall, said teachers complained that the film paints an unrealistic and negative portrayal of the school. Anybody familiar with the city of Long Beach would agree that the setting in the film is quite the opposite of Wilson's surroundings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.116.169.246 (talk) 05:44, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Error in article?[edit]

What is "directed by Chris Dobell of KPSC 10G"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.166.159.95 (talk) 02:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copied text[edit]

Parts of the synopsis are verbatim copies of this site: [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jstech (talk • contribs) 22:53, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Im so awesome ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.27.115 (talk) 03:43, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Filming Location[edit]

The movie was shot at Long Beach Polytechnic High School because, as one student puts it, modern day Wilson Classical High School isn't "ghetto enough" to create the desired setting.

The use of Long Beach Polytechnic High School is obvious in a scene where the students are out on the quad. If one has ever seen the quads of Wilson and Poly, one could easily determine the location used in the shot. The movie The Freedom Writers was a good movie. The movie was about a group of kids the were up to no good in their lives's and they were in different gangs. Their teacher was trying to make the children become better than they where before they where in gangs. The students wrote in a journal about their lives and the teacher didn't read them unless the students said that she could read it. At the end of their year they wrote their journals on a computer and the teacher got their journals published and that is the end of my summary of the movie the Freedom Writers. Could someone please add a section about the deceptive setting?

Are there sources that state this? Please see WP:V and WP:Citing sources WhisperToMe (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chronological Error[edit]

The Freedom Writers Diary was not introduced until after the revelation that the Ms. Gruwell could not teach junior year. Someone please rectify this.-Zyrath (talk) 22:08, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another Error[edit]

I just finished watching this movie and the very opposite happened to what was written in the article. She does not in fact get to teach her kids' junior and senior years. I dont know why this article says she did convince the superintendent to do so. If this is not corrected soon I will go ahead and do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.242.174 (talk • contribs) 08:41, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Kollision (talk) 16:27, 9 December 2010

The above person who said that the teacher did not get to the teach junior and senior class and stating that you just watched the movie does no credit. She did teach the junior and senior class. It is clearly represented in the movie. Watch it again. (UTC)

In real life Ms. Gruwell only taught the students first or second (I can't remember which) semester of their junior year and then both semesters of their senior year. EgyptKEW9 18:53, 17 December 2012 (UTC)EgyptKEW9EgyptKEW9 18:53, 17 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EgyptKEW9 (talk • contribs)

Criticisms section[edit]

Is this section needed for the article? It seems to only reference one opinion piece, and rather that crediting who wrote the article the section professes what the piece says as if it's a matter of fact rather than opinion. Unless more sources and attributed quotes can be added to this section, I don't see that this section is necessary to the article. THE $R$._Hablame!^Hancock! 19:32, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

~I see this in a lot of articles, actually. Someone wants to insert something or say something about a piece of entertainment so they get a political website or singular person that wrote an essay on the matter. Then say, 'look its relevant someone wrote about it'. I think unless a critique is widespread and presented itself in large publications and crossed beyond a black-centric political blog it's irrelevant. Because I can easily find some obscure critique of a movie and insert it into a wiki article.2601:147:C102:DDA0:2835:B7F:259B:4F67 (talk) 22:44, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]