COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE

This study analyzes the anti-racism in the film Freedom Writers, directed and written by Richard LaGravenese. This study aims to identify anti-racism depicted in the film, describe how anti-racism is reflected in the film, and explain why a character named Erin Gruwell supports anti-racism in the fi...

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Main Author: Dessya Diah Rahmawati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Mulawarman 2022-12-01
Series:CaLLs: Journal of Culture, Arts, Literature, and Linguistics
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Online Access:https://e-journals.unmul.ac.id/index.php/CALLS/article/view/7404
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description This study analyzes the anti-racism in the film Freedom Writers, directed and written by Richard LaGravenese. This study aims to identify anti-racism depicted in the film, describe how anti-racism is reflected in the film, and explain why a character named Erin Gruwell supports anti-racism in the film. This research is a library research. The type of data in this study is text, including narration, dialogue, and monologue. Data collection is done by watching and understanding the film’s storyline which is the object of this research. Qualitative data analysis was applied in this study, carried out in three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This study shows that there are two aspects of anti-racism depicted in the film, namely education aspect and togetherness. Second, the anti-racism reflected in the film is illustrated by learning about tolerance for differences. And finally, the reason Erin Gruwell supports anti-racism in her classroom is that she wants to inspire students to learn and have a good view of differences.
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spelling doaj.art-1ffc71b0961f4f3684425ff2e994455b2023-11-22T10:43:06ZengFaculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas MulawarmanCaLLs: Journal of Culture, Arts, Literature, and Linguistics2460-674X2549-77072022-12-018220722210.30872/calls.v8i2.74044225COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIEDessya Diah Rahmawati0DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION, FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTAThis study analyzes the anti-racism in the film Freedom Writers, directed and written by Richard LaGravenese. This study aims to identify anti-racism depicted in the film, describe how anti-racism is reflected in the film, and explain why a character named Erin Gruwell supports anti-racism in the film. This research is a library research. The type of data in this study is text, including narration, dialogue, and monologue. Data collection is done by watching and understanding the film’s storyline which is the object of this research. Qualitative data analysis was applied in this study, carried out in three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This study shows that there are two aspects of anti-racism depicted in the film, namely education aspect and togetherness. Second, the anti-racism reflected in the film is illustrated by learning about tolerance for differences. And finally, the reason Erin Gruwell supports anti-racism in her classroom is that she wants to inspire students to learn and have a good view of differences.https://e-journals.unmul.ac.id/index.php/CALLS/article/view/7404anti-racismdifferencefreedom writersqualitative analysis
spellingShingle Dessya Diah Rahmawati
COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE
CaLLs: Journal of Culture, Arts, Literature, and Linguistics
anti-racism
difference
freedom writers
qualitative analysis
title COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE
title_full COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE
title_fullStr COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE
title_full_unstemmed COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE
title_short COUNTER RACIAL PREJUDICE REFLECTED IN FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE
title_sort counter racial prejudice reflected in freedom writers movie
topic anti-racism
difference
freedom writers
qualitative analysis
url https://e-journals.unmul.ac.id/index.php/CALLS/article/view/7404
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