Freedom Writers (DVD, 2007, Full Frame)

This was the first truly inspiring movie I’ve seen in ages. Though lessons can be learned by watching just about any movie out there, I feel that this particular film would speak to almost anyone - regardless of race, gender or age.

Based on the diary entries of students that attended Woodrow Wilson HS in California, this movie artfully recounts the dedication one teacher had for her students. Her rigid determination to get through to her class full of kids on probation, juvenile delinquents, and gang members, before they became the dropouts the school board expected, or worse…lost their lives on the streets, was admirable. Erin Gruwell embodies what it means to be an everyday hero. Her story and those of her students, gave me the burning desire to get out there and make a difference in someone else‘s life and I'm sure it will have the same effect on you!