A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable of learning. Instead of giving up, she inspires her students to take an interest in their education and planning their future. She assigns reading material that relates to their lives and encourages them all to keep journals.

Release date: January 5, 2007 (USA)

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Story by: Erin Gruwell, Freedom Writers

Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese

Adapted from: The Freedom Writers Diary

Budget: 21 million USD