Freedom Writers

One of my  favorite movies of all time is Freedom Writers. Haven't seen it? Do it. It'll change your life. It's one of those.
Here's a little background info: the main characters are Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, and Scott Glenn. They make a great case in this movie. Basically, a quick synopsis of this movie is that Hilary Swank, a white woman, becomes a teacher in a new school. The school used to be high-achieving but an integration program has just been put in place so now the students are predominantly black and hispanic. They are referred to as "unteachables." Generally, these students aren't well educated and seemingly so, they don't have bright futures. Most of the students are gang members, as well. Hilary Swank, that magical woman, is slightly discouraged because even the department head won't let the students have books because she is afraid they will be damaged.  Of course, Hilary Swank gains the students' trust and eventually gets them composition books and they begin to come to class often and have the desire to learn and blahblahblah it ends on a happy note, like most movies do.

The justice issues are basically in the plot line. The gang affiliations and the racial segregation are the two biggest justice issues in this movie. There is also a drive by shooting in the movie and, because of this shooting, there is a court hearing. The education, or lackthereof, is a huge justice issue along with the department head not wanting to fund books. I don't know much about how funding books works in school but I do think it seems slightly unorthodox that if a school has the money for supplies, it CHOOSES not to get them. I'm not sure if department heads have that choice or not, but it seems like a justice issue to me.