Corrected entry: In the scene where Miss Gruwell is playing the line game with her students, she asks them to stand on the line if they have the new "Snoop Dogg" album. The film takes place in 1994, and Snoop was still known as Snoop Doggy Dogg back then. He didn't change his name to Snoop Dogg until 1996.
Freedom Writers (2007)
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Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton
Continuity mistake: In the scene where they are discussing 'The Diary of Anne Frank', the writing on the chalk board changes from simply "Anne Frank" to a large amount of writing quite a few times.
Eva: My PO doesn't understand that schools are like the city and the city is just like a prison.
Question: Did Erin Gruwell really have her students write diaries as shown in the movie?
Answer: It is my understanding that she "encouraged" her students to keep diaries. Some students did and some of the diary entries were later included in a controversial book (which some people found offensive because of the language used).
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Correction: Mrs. Gruwell was not familiar with rap music. It's entirely possible she just got the name wrong. The kids were always teasing her about how she kept trying to be cool but wasn't.
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