![]() Like Anne Frank, Zlata spent her days couped up in a room (of an apartment), often never seeing daylight. When Zlata was only 11-years-old, she lived through constant bombings and snipers, not to mention severe food and water shortages. Zlata Filipovic has been described as the new Anne Frank. Which were eventually compiled into the book "The Freedom Writers Diary". In reality, this is what prompted Erin to encourage the kids to write their own diaries, Erin and her students persuaded Zlata to fly to Long Beach, California to visit them at Woodrow Wilson High School. Erin also wrote to Zlata Filipovic, a Sarajevo girl who published diaries that dealt with the war in her homeland from September 1991 through October 1993. I could not save Anne's life."ĭid Erin Gruwell invite anyone else to speak to her students? "People sometimes call me a hero," says Gies. She came during the 1994/1995 school year. Miep was 87 when she came to speak at Woodrow Wilson high school in Long Beach, California. She turned 98-years-old in February of 2007, just several weeks after the movie Freedom Writers was released in theaters.Īs depicted in the film, the real Miep Gies did come to speak to Erin's students after they raised enough money to fly her from Amsterdam. However, the real Miep Gies is remarkably still alive today. The woman who hid Anne Frank, Miep Gies, was played by veteran stage and screen actress Pat Carroll. Erin Gruwell and her husband did divorce for reasons similar to those presented in the film ( pluggedinonline).ĭid the woman who hid Anne Frank play herself in the movie? "I'm living a life I didn't agree to." This part of the movie is true. Eventually, the two divorce with Scott telling her, In the film, as Erin Gruwell becomes more devoted to her teaching, her husband Scott starts to feel neglected. In the movie Freedom Writers, Hilary Swank's character lives with her husband Scott, played by actor Patrick Dempsey ( Grey's Anatomy). Ms.Was Erin Gruwell's husband in the film based on a real person? Gruwell's diary entry - Cheryl Best : inspiration - "Eviction notice" - Financial problems - Illegal immigrant - The first Latina Secretary of Education - Pursuing filmmaking - Road not taken : contemplating college - Finding a mentor - Being a mentor - Los Angeles Times article - A letter from prison - Deadbeat dad - Sorority hazing - Fear of losing a father - Death of a mother Returning a family hero - Jeremy Strohmeyer : murder - David Cash - Peace march for Sherrice Iverson - Senior Class President - Separation anxiety - Staying together Mengele's experiment with twins - Dinner with Secretary Riley - "Stand" - Secretary Riley receives Freedom Writers' diary - Candlelight vigil - Departing D.C. voices from an undeclared war - Fund-raiser concert - Freedom Writer poem - Freedom Writers unite - Strict father - Arlington Cemetery - Lincoln Memorial : Freedom Writers have a dream - Covering up the swastika - Hate crimes - Holocaust Museum - Dr. ![]() ![]() Gruwell's diary entry - Anne Frank's friends visit - Masking fears - Living in the projects - Dyslexia - Letter from Miep - Student editing - Abortion - Catalysts for change - Freedom Riders - An American diary. Gruwell's diary entry - Racist teacher - A grandmother's death - Race riot - Grade accountability - Suicide - Running away - Getting a job - Misogyny - Molestation - Boyfriend abuse - Domestic violence - Child abuse - Death of brother Gruwell's diary entry - Meeting a Holocaust survivor - The woman who sheltered Anne Frank's family - "Moment" - Zlata accepts our invitation - Dinner with Zlata - Diverse friendships - "I am a human being" - Terrorism - Day of tolerance : a field trip - Doing speed - Basketball for Bosnia : weight - Zlata's letter - Divorce - Friends join class - Letter from Miep Sophomore year-spring 1996 - A Letter to Zlata - IV.riots - Peter Maass : article on Bosnia - Zlata Gruwell's diary entry - Homelessness - Cystic fibrosis - Shyness - Twelve angry men - Honors English - Medieval Times - Lesson on tolerance - Toast for change - Change for the better - Testifying in murder case - Teenage alcoholism - Shoplifting - Anne Frank's diary - Teen diarists - Zlata's diary, Bosnia vs. Gruwell's diary entry - Romeo and Juliet : gang rivalry - Teenage love and running away - Coping with weight - Learning about diversity - Oklahoma bombing - Farewell to Manzanar : Japanese internment camps - Overcoming adversity panel - John Tu : father figure vs. Gruwell's diary entry - First day of school - Racial segregation at school - Getting "jumped" - Race riot on campus - Buying a gun - Death of a friend - Gang initiation - "Rushing" a sorority - Tagging - Proposition 187 : discrimination - Dyslexia - Juvenile hall - The projects - Russian roulette ![]()
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