Movie Description:
A gripping story of inner city kids raised on drive by shootings and hard core attitude--and the teacher who givesthem the one thing they need most: avoice of their own. Dropped into the free fire zone of a school torn by violence and racial tension, teacher Erin Gruwell battles an uncaring systemin a fight to make the classroom matter in her students` lives.Now, telling their own stories, and hearing the storiesof others, a group ofsupposedly "unteachable" teens will discover the power of tolerance, reclaimtheir shatteredlives and change their world.