FILMS

The Hollywood film, “Freedom Writers,” starring Hillary Swank, was inspired by an amazing teacher, Erin Gruwell, and her at-risk students from an inner-city school in Long Beach, California. “Voices Unbound” documents their real stories of life on the street, drugs, gang violence and hopelessness. Young and innocent, Gruwell challenges her students to make something of their lives. She introduces them to “The Diary of Anne Frank” which becomes the catalyst for them to record their own stories. A powerful and inspiring film by Academy Award-nominated director, Daniel Anker.