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CAST:
Hilary Swank
DIRECTED BY:
Richard LaGravenese
PRODUCED BY:
Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg and Danny DeVito
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SYNOPSIS:
Two–time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank stars as rookie teacher Erin Gruwell in this touching and deeply motivating story. Ready to take on the world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching she is faced with a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life.
Her idealistic blinkers are well and truly forced off when the ghetto reality of her students lives takes over. A racially motivated gang shooting witnessed by a Latina gang member in Erin's class, and an ugly racial cartoon that Erin intercepts during class, become the most unwittingly dynamic teaching aids.
Tenacious to the end, Erin refuses to give up and eventually finds a way to engage with the troubled lives of her students. A truly inspirational story of persistence, compassion and dedication is set to touch the hearts of a generation.
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