Paramount has released
the first poster for Freedom
Writers, a film that covers a story that is almost as played
out as the recent string of inspirational football movies.
Movie Poster: Freedom Writers
Freedom Writers is inspired by
a true story and the diaries of real Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots,
during the worst outbreak of interracial gang warfare. Two-time Academy
Award winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell, whose passion to become
a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black, Latino, and Asian gangbangers
who hate her even more than each other. When Erin begins to listen to them
in a way no adult has ever done, she begins to understand that for these
kids, getting through the day alive is enough -- they are not delinquents
but teenagers fighting "a war of the streets" that began long before they
were born. Erin gives them something they never had from a teacher before
-- respect. For the first time, these teens experience a hope that maybe,
they might show the world that their lives matter and they have something
to say.
Freedom Writers Poster
Update: It turns out that there was a mistake at Paramount
and the poster is not yet approved for the press. It should be back up again
in the next couple of days.
Update 2: Poster back up and slightly different!
Freedom Writers opens on theatres on January 12th, 2007.
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