![]() ![]() The second act of typical inspirational movies are always kicked off by a "turning point" moment, such as the scene where Erin goes off about how a holocaust happens in her big "get real" moment, but, instead of going straight to the stuff where the white lady fixes all their troubles with the power of white culture, and these lazy, undisciplined, disrespectful inner-city kids finally buckle down and apply themselves with the help of their white savior, instead, Freedom Writers starts revealing more details from her student's life stories, and Erin quickly realizes she's not going to save anybody. ![]() When Freedom Writers begins, we see Erin start out as a stereotypical white savior, a wide eyed white lady who thinks she's going to help all these kids in an inner city school turn their lives around through the power of education, and then, of course, we see her endure discouraging obstacles, there's an embarrassing scene where she tries to relate to them by breaking down some lyrics from a Tupac song, and they all immediately see through her bullshit, she almost gives up, she hits a breaking point that leads into one of those "white person gets real on those disrespectful inner city school kids' asses" moments, and then things begin to turn around. Chief among the issues I take with that comparison, is the fact that this white lady savior figure, Erin Gruwell, learns very quickly that she isn't going to save anybody, which is something typical white savior movies never acknowledge. There are some issues I take with Freedom Writers, and it's not a masterpiece, but I find it somewhat unfair that the only reason anybody still remembers it, is because it's being derogatorily compared to The Blind Side or Radio in lists about formulaic white savior movies. Maybe I've started thinking about it again because I often see it alongside The Blind Side, Radio, The Help, and Dangerous Minds, on lists about lame "white savior" films. And I also find it odd that to this day, it hasn't really diminished in my initial thoughts, I still think it's a really solid film. Sometimes things that I liked from years ago creep back up into my thoughts, and I revise what I think of them now based on what I remember from them.Įspecially now more than ever, I'm not a fan of inspirational movies, and I never really think about other inspirational movies I saw from years ago around that same time (such as Gridiron Gang, We Are Marshal, or Pride), so I find it somewhat odd my thoughts will linger for a minute every now and then on Freedom Writers, years after I've seen it. ![]() I know I've seen it at least once since then, maybe even twice, but I know it's been at least 8 or 9 years since I last saw it. I saw it in theaters 11 years ago, and I really liked it then, though of course I was in the 8th grade and what you liked in middle school doesn't really count for much. In addition, there is an unscripted series in the works called Boomin Love, which is set to follow older people trying to find companionship.For some reason I've been thinking about the 2008 film starring Hilary Swank, Freedom Writers, recently, and I'm not exactly sure why. Higher Grounds will be partnering with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment to bring this project to life, according to The New York Times. Cosby's best-selling novel called All Sinners Bleed. The production studio also obtained the rights for S.A. One of these is a scripted drama called Bodkin, which follows the story of a crew of podcasters who set out to investigate the disappearance of three strangers from a quaint town. In addition to the film, Higher Ground will also be working on series that span multiple genres. It has also been reported that the former First Lady is working closely with Lupita Nyong'o, who will produce and star in a romantic comedy called Fling, which is based on a best-selling novel by J.F. There are a number of films that have been announced to be in development, including an adaptation of a biography called Frederick Douglas: Prophet of Freedom. Luckily for those who enjoyed Leave the World Behind, there are more projects on the horizon for the Obama family's production company, Higher Ground.
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