Freedom Writers

Erin Gruwell, a young teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school, inspires her class of at-risk students, deemed incapable of learning, to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Freedom Writers is a 2007 drama biography movie directed by Richard LaGravenese, starring Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Hilary Swank. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 92,831 votes and runs 2h 3m.