Freedom Writers (5/9) Movie CLIP - You Are The Heroes (2007) HD

[@clancybkj]

"I did what I had to do!"...this scene was really the most powerful part of the film for me..."you are heroes everyday. Your faces are engraved in my heart!"

[@karakirkpatrick4738]

Brian Clancy I started bawling my eyes out when it came to this scene

[@callanightshade8079]

They wanted to bring in the real Miep Gies for this scene but sadly her health was getting worse at the time. I can only imagine what this scene would've been like had Miep been able to be in it

[@augiebailey9731]

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[@tiffanyferrell5258]

It’s just like Irena Sendler from the book, Irenas children. She saved 3000 Jewish children during the war in Poland. She said she wasn’t a hero, that she did what was right, what any ordinary person should do.

[@justinbalentin1253]

Brian Clancy who is the hero of this movie?

[@Nikohere]

even though she wasn't the real Miep Gies she really did a good job as portraying as the real miep gies. everyone is a hero no matter what.

[@danielbuckley7504]

+Niko here Shes the voice of ursula from "The Little Mermaid" pat carroll

[@Nikohere]

Daniel Buckley oh okay i did not know that how interesting :)

[@arnoldrivas4590]

She did want to come for the film. Unfortunately at the time her health did not permit her to make long distance travel. But Pat Carroll did a good job regardless. Different face, the message is the same.

[@iceaxe3112]

I’m not a hero I’m just stupid

[@depressedphilosopherbitch7581]

@@iceaxe3112 hero of stupidity😊

[@autiovaa5255]

"I did what i had to do, because it was the right thing to do." Isn't that what a hero is?

[@jonathansimmons1229]

What she is explaining to him is that there no one to look up to because we all are ordinary ppl doing the right thing is all there is too it

[@killyourself480]

I know this is a year old but it’s great I was thinking exactly that as I found your comment

[@YanasooSibarah]

Her point is that you don't have to be special to be good; it's a choice that everyone has the ability to opt into

[@majoralpha1015]

A hero kills people, people that wish him harm...A hero is part human and part supernatural. A hero is born out of a childhood trauma or out of a disaster and must be avenged.

[@adriannadevega5274]

A hero is not measured by the appearance nor size but by the strength of his heart!

[@Frazzzld]

That is NOT the real Miep Geis, it is an actress. However the other Holocaust survivors (in the dinner scene at the hotel) were actually playing themselves. Renee Firestone, Eddie Ilam, Elisabeth Mann & Gloria Ungar.

[@dejaypage1575]

Frazzzld oh they were? Cool. But yeah, this is an actress since she likely wasn’t in the best condition. This movie came out in 2007 and in universe it was1992

[@altrusiangrace1099]

The actress is Pat Caroll, who alsp voiced Ursula in The Little Mermaid

[@Dante95nyc]

@@dejaypage1575 1995

[@dejaypage1575]

Dante95nyc thanks

[@Dante95nyc]

@@dejaypage1575 no problem

[@mattmay4112]

“Your faces are engraved in my heart” is such a beautiful thing to say

[@TheaterRaven]

This sentiment is so true, especially for the real Miep Gies. I was lucky enough to receive a reply from her when I wrote her a letter expressing my admiration for her. She wrote back saying she appreciated my words, but found it troubling that young people label her and her actions as "heroic" because "If it takes a hero to simply do the right thing when it is needed, then what is a hero?" I've always remembered that line from her letter and carried it with me in my heart. She's right. It's not about being a "hero"; it's about everyday people realizing they have it inside them to do the just, loving thing whenever and wherever it is needed. It's why I don't give any credence to the "You're just an SJW!" crowd; they simply will never understand that. This film is wonderful and I absolutely love this scene.

[@thepoorkid6004]

TheaterRaven I mean everyone hates sjws, and I can’t blame them one bit

[@אנייהודי-פ4ט]

I totally agree with the first paragraph... it’s when you started justifying social justice that you totally lost me 😂

[@elhilo1972]

Such an inspiring comment, with such uninspiring replies.

[@TheaterRaven]

@@elhilo1972 I'm glad you liked my comment. As for the replies above yours . . . yeah, but it's the Internet, so what can ya do?

[@andypierre6917]

I cry at this part. My Great-Aunt was just a little girl in the camps. She faced the same experience this lady did. However, it was the day the war was over. She was sent free.

[@3wydreamer147]

@Long Schnozzed Tribesman ..... do you know how many jews there are in the world?

[@tabbas1484]

@Long Schnozzed Tribesman WTF!! Are you seriously trying to call the Holocaust a scam?!

[@chaseprice7911]

@@3wydreamer147 9.5 million in 1933, 6 million died, by 1950 only 3.5 million were left, 15.3 million jews around the world today

[@3wydreamer147]

@@chaseprice7911 wow, the number changes are crazy.....

[@chaseprice7911]

@@3wydreamer147 i know right, whats more crazy, the number of a single persons unique genetic makeup can end in that 1 death, if you were the worlds perfect human being your death would make that population, 0, extinction

[@drewspriggs5677]

1:30, you can see Eva's conflicted. She KNEW what the right thing to do was, but she knew if she did it.......

[@rayanetc]

I want everybody to watch this film and see how amazing it is and see that everyone is going through something.

[@diamond-vm5sl]

Queen Rayani I’m gonna watch it ☺️

[@oliverforrest4488]

That's what's amazing about this scene. They wanted to see her, because she's a hero to them, but she came to see them, cause they were her heroes. That's a real tear jerker.😭😊

[@fatalshards]

"I did what I had to do because it was the right thing to do." That's what made her a hero

[@connorcriss]

Oskar Schindler said a very similar thing in an interview. He said he didn’t want to be celebrated as a hero because his actions were just a natural response to the horrible atrocities that were being committed around him, and he didn’t deserve to be congratulated for that.

[@Pokeguy493]

I just love how Dolores *Eh-hem* Margaret is just staring in the background, rolling her eyes. It seems that Imelda Staunton has such a nack at playing nasty teachers. Lol.

[@SilverAchilles]

Umbridge

[@nanayaakarikari6737]

Pokeguy493 😂😂😂

[@blah7983]

Let’s be honest we all called her umbridge in our head

[@movinitlikedat45]

I can just hear the "Hem-hem."

[@pyromania1018]

@@movinitlikedat45 Ironically, they cut that verbal tic out of the movies.

[@joyunicycle]

As much as I love Pat Carroll as Ursula, her role as Miep Gies touched my heart, especially what she says starting at 1:05. RIP Miep Gies (February 15 1909 - January 11 2010) and Pat Carroll (May 5th 1927 - July 30th 2022). Thank you both ❤

[@erionafaskaj8126]

“You are heroes every day.” Do powerful her words 🥺

[@TheJeminiteLaw]

I just heard the news about Pat Carroll and I remembered she was in this movie and I hope her legacy will forever be remembered. Whether if people recognize her as Ursula from the Little Mermaid, Miep Gies from Freedom Writers, or whatever role you know her as, let’s always remember Pat Carroll for the amazing actress and person she was ❤️🕯

[@aaronbell89]

I can still hear Ursula in her voice a little

[@Mr_Frankystein]

PAT CARROL!!! loved her voice as Ursula from the Little Mermaid

[@billybois5745]

I remember watching this movie in highschool with my whole class. When we reached this part, we all wanted Ms. Gies to come to our school too. Sadly, she had passed away by that time, but i think that her message stuck with us

[@yoshawtyismyproperty]

My highschool class watched this movie yesterday, this is one of my favorite movies now

[@oop4841]

She did such a good job. Her naturalistic inflection, and cadence

[@pyromania1018]

When I heard that Pat "Ursula the Sea Witch" Carroll was going to play Miep Gies, I was more than a little skeptical of the choice. It just sounded so ridiculous to me, but damn, Pat Carroll delivers a flawless performance here.

[@alextalbain9269]

I cried so much the first time I saw this movie and even after all these years this movie still inspires me and gives me strength to do what's right

[@mattmead9345]

I love that response that the actress that played Miep Giess to that kid..."I did what I had to do because it was the right thing to do".

[@cp2342]

This actress did such a fantastic job felt like the real Miep Gies I could feel the emotion and sorrow in this scene

[@kamelmak3768]

why did they stop making movies like this one ??? they are killing us with avengers and cartoons superheros damn we need to these kind of heros in ours life

[@lesleymbuyikayembe7553]

Omg Preeeeeach!!! As if avengers can make a difference to the world

[@pistolpete7956]

kamel mak avengers changed the whole landscape of cinema and the whole perspective people have on comics in general. It’s even made more people interested in African culture considering the success of black panther.

[@pixwool]

@@pistolpete7956 Exactly.

[@HoodlumMedia]

Films like moonlight are still being made, definitely. Films like this are rare but still happen... The best drama / emotional stuff goes to Netflix now

[@hlabhlabhlab]

@@lesleymbuyikayembe7553 That's a bit of a disrespectful to the original creator Stan Lee. Look I do not even like superhero movies but many of these characters and their stories have inspired young people and adults all over the world to be brave, kind and to fight for what's right. Even if superheroes are not real, it is a nice thing to inspire people in the real world to do good things. Especially take Black Panther for instance, as someone previously stated, it got people interested more in black representation and cinematically film's like these are good to evolve how we tell stories. Also plenty of film's being made of inspirational stories of real or fictional people, it's not really not that hard to find, it's a matter of whether you want to watch them or not.

[@thepatriot2603]

This one clip really made me cry. The atrocities that happened during WWII should never happen again. We’re all human it doesn’t matter the color of our skin or where we’re from!!

[@MoonLoonie69]

they're still going on like that in North Korea.

[@thepatriot2603]

@@MoonLoonie69 If the NWO has their way the entire planet will be subjected to this!

[@MoonLoonie69]

@@thepatriot2603 All I said was there's still concentration camps in this world like in China or NK. We can't keep ignoring it, wither we could do something about it or not.

[@synshenron798]

@@MoonLoonie69 that's just it. Interfering with it sadly will only get more people killed. There isnt anything we could do, nor does anyone have any plans to do anything

[@MoonLoonie69]

@@synshenron798 yeah I just said that. Parrot.

[@irianis7720]

Miep gies inspired me to help people like what she did for the Frank family she is so inspiring if only she could've had several years to live

[@genesisstanley8163]

I remember meeting one of the survivors from the holocaust in the 8th grade and it was such an honor and inspiring to meet someone who fought for their life💗🙏🏾 I would always remember that day when she told us her story🥰

[@DNice_Santi]

When this movie came out. I screamed seeing her. Being the Little Mermaid fan I am. RIP Pat. Your memory lives on in all your movies. This moved me so much.

[@alanbroussard4318]

This makes me cry. The young man acknowledges and sees the survivor as a hero

[@RaelEmpire316]

What a brave woman.

[@jw8395]

In real life, the class did manage to get the real Miep Gies to come and talk about this. I find it odd that they couldn't bring in the real Miep Gies, as she was still alive at the time. Pat Carroll does a great job (honestly, I just can't find it in me to make any Ursula jokes or references because of how much I like this performance), but it was a strange decision not to call the real Miep Gies.

[@DJsquare3]

For the same reason they did not get the real Mrs Gruwell most likely, because they had aged to much to play the parts required. Kinda sad but from a production standpoint it makes sense.

[@dogguy8603]

Cheapsunglasses at the time she was in failing health but wanted to appear in the film

[@jw8395]

dog guy Makes sense.

[@dejaypage1575]

Likely talked with Gies to get the role down. Bet It was a big day for the actress

[@briarswt]

Re: trying to bribe the SS Guys, Miep actually did try to do that. It just wasn't exactly at the time of the arrest. The next day, according to Miep, one worker (I believe it was a traveling salesman with ties to the company) suggested that she approach the SS man who had let her go - maybe they could get them all back for some money. She details in a few videos her two trips to SS headquarters that sadly failed but she had tried. It was brave of her because they could've sent her away too.

[@josephhernandez1885]

The real life Freedom Writers were lucky to meet the actual Miep Gies back when this happened.

[@Devious-Minds]

Never let it happen again. To anyone who is different. God bless every survivor here or in their heaven.

[@Fidem-y1h]

Fun fact : the old lady aka pat carol is the voice of Ursula from the little mermaid.

[@irawilliams343]

We need more people like the late Miep Gies and Ms. Grunwell in this world

[@lauraneelissen1825]

everyone has to watch the series 'a small light', it's about Miep. It's one of the best series I've ever watched (I'm a film student) - even though it's not entirely accurate, but it's beautiful and touching. The name came from the sentence she also says in this scene about turning a small light on in the dark.

[@ClefairyRox]

I watched this movie again recently and checked the credits. Miep Gies is played by an actor, but the other Holocaust survivors act as themselves.

[@haleyclark3833]

Some of the greatest life lessons and advice given in this scene.

[@brijit9913]

I had a STROKE SEEING PROFESSOR UMBRIDGE FROM THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC

[@codyshi4743]

The freedom writers are heroes, heroes who will pass on the message of their teacher and Miep Gies to their people, and the next generation the will of peace, understanding, and tolerance toward those who are different from them, and the will to help others who are in a difficult situation.

[@rockstarslasher5140]

RIP Miep! RIP Pat Carroll!

[@stefanmovieflixtomasi]

RIP Pat Carroll 🙏🙏 I remember her well from this scene in this award-winning teen drama and The Little Mermaid

[@mlove8158]

I always come back to this it’s just such a nice scene plus talking to the wise hits different

[@blenderfox]

This film is WAY underappreciated. ☹

[@ededefcdwshifrfrvbftg1103]

Every English teacher should watch this

[@thomaslewis8888]

R.I.P. Pat Carroll

[@rj.tv.007]

This is too powerful, it must be illegal to not cry

[@artiekatie9056]

1:58 isn’t that this pink pain in the arshole from Harry Potter?

[@Scarecrowmaster]

Art_Katie/Kasia Jarecka yes, the same actress. Imelda Staunton

[@saulthechicanootaku]

@@Scarecrowmaster but thankfully, in Freedom Writers, her character was, at least, tolerable

[@kencharles1136]

​@@saulthechicanootaku nah , still hated lol

[@morgandunnington]

Watching after watching A Small Light. Incredible

[@PrincessButterflySadie]

RIP Pat Carroll and RIP Miep Gies.

[@ashleyallen5221]

I think all beginner teachers should be made to watch this movies. Because the youth in the generation need teachers who will invest in them even though their parents don’t because of teachers don’t then what do we have.

[@samuelm.e8778]

*So much for true love!* *evil laugh* Pat Carroll is such an amazing actress! Ursula and Dolores Umbridge in the same room!

[@FemboiSupremacy]

This film is always a favourite it’s so impactful and in a way still relevant in today’s world!

[@cleomoon5026]

It is always about doing the thing and sometimes you must stand alone on that wall

[@davidedelman4536]

This movie is so powerful!

[@DaemonTargaryen13]

Bro this was such a good movie. I remember watching it so many times when it came out 🙏

[@selvynquijada9382]

Be the person you want people to be with you.

[@martinjosecastro]

This movie emotional af😂😂

[@H.K.5]

Joe Seo (the Asian kid at the front) claimed he was born in 1998 yet he looks about 16-17 here.

[@MossKoss]

They need to make that quote to a t shirt

[@gageperuti5519]

Hard to believe that's the actress who played Ursula in The Little Mermaid. They're polar opposites.

[@joshuastokes06]

One of the greatest movies of all time

[@normadesmond6017]

I'm Dutch, like Miep Gies was. And this woman is a hero. She would have been killed for what she did for Anne Frank and all those who lived with her during those last years of the war. This woman risked her life for people who had nobody else during that time. This woman was about as great as they come.

[@RebeccaTurner-kf8gx]

I think pats performance in this scene should have giving her an award or at least an nomination

[@Aristotle2000]

This is a true story. Miep Gies did visit the California High School in 1995. This teacher's book, The Freedom Writers Diary, was banned in Florida in 2023.

[@benhaney5843]

Miep was still alive when this movie came out. She lived to be 100.

[@emilymaltwood5128]

It is Pat Caroll who plays Miep Gies here - voice actress who played Ursula in the little mermaid

[@penguosk]

I got to meet Erin Gruwell in real life, she’s very nice

[@rserkis3522]

Facts! She spoke the truth, we all have lights inside us. It's up to you and me, to give ourselves the permission to shine!!!

[@CalindaSummerow]

God Bless Teachers that never give up, that reach out with true compassion. In their Hearts they belive its worth it. In return they touch many Hearts. That learn they can reach the Stars, no matter how high.

[@HerHomeschoolHomestead]

“Your faces are engraved in my heart.” My goodness. 😢

[@RapFanatic4ever]

This movie is so powerful

[@popoff21]

How Amazing it is these poor unfortunate souls were moved and inspired by Ursula

[@a.g.demada5263]

Why are you talking about Ursula ?

[@popoff21]

@@a.g.demada5263 she’s the voice of Ursula that’s why

[@a.g.demada5263]

@@popoff21 ah I didn't know that because I'm french

[@yaang9258]

Freedom Writers is one of the most beautiful movies I've had the honor to watch. I use it as a tool with students I tutor, to remind them they are stronger than they realize

[@kissame104]

Wow, This is such a powerful scene.

[@xavierstewart1230]

Who remember movie that come up in there head and just go on KZbin and watch them and cry and laugh at certain part of movie

[@lyngerbon3883]

I cried watching this great movie

[@anja6983]

people tell me all the time that i or we shouldnt feel guilty about world war 2, since i wasnt born then, not even my parents, but i do. we should feel something about it. and i feel sorry, i wish this has never happend, i wish i could have stopped it. has nothing to do with my nationality. we need to remember, im not ashamed that im german, look how we turned around... but feel ashamed about that war, i feel hurt when i see my german grandmother crying because of it, i feel even worse if i think about the jewish or disabled persons. i feel sorry and im crying right now and i should, not because im german, but because im human.

[@Eric_s_Channel]

That Lady at the beginning IS the voice of Ursula in Little Mermaid!!! RIP

[@joewhitehead3]

Was brought here by National Geographic’s “A Small Light”

[@kristahs_kloset]

I feel like this movies should be played in schools across America all grades once a year 💯

[@crissranger8925]

I wonder if this is where jk Rowling got it from when albus gave his speech on in the third movie of Harry Potter lol

[@joewhitehead3]

That line wasn’t in the book

[@lilmeenga33]

your faces are engraved in my heart ♥️

[@imzjik]

I see Umbridge. Damn she's good at roles like that.

[@MoonLoonie69]

This is Pat Carrol, who played Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

[@godofwarkratos2046]

A very good movie I could watch this all day long

[@ShionMitsuki]

That really was Miep Gies acting as herself in the movie, The Freedom Writers. Just to let you know, the holocaust survivors that talked to the teenagers about their experiences were actual holocaust survivors telling their real stories.

[@MoonLoonie69]

Wrong. That's Pat Carroll as Miep Gies. The other holocaust survivors were real though.

[@leadizolatorz668]

0:34 i love that kyler is here bet never learned in cobra kai.

[@NegativKreep]

Wtf This movie came out in 2007 and he looks the same now, he hasn’t aged at all.

[@bushido9582]

I’m always wondering where is the link with these young & the holocaust on this movie …

[@bigbubba29]

This was definitely an eye opener for Margaret Campbell,

[@RMBAS12]

I ADMIT THAT IN THE PAST IVE BEEN A SECRETARY, THEY WERENT KIDDING WHEN THEY CALLED ME, WELL, A HERO...

[@MalcolmCooperMovieWizardofOz]

So true. They are heroes. I imagined them as new members of The Teen Titans.

[@J_GoTTi]

I actually got to meet, and personally message Manuel Scott. He’s very inspiring to this day.

[@vm5826]

1:59 Umbridge here as well.

[@ci7210]

Damn forgot Umbrige was there. She plays the best Karen techer

[@ellabean3531]

Bye I’m currently crying 😭

[@anthonyvaughan6470]

AN AMAZING SCENE !!!!

[@Lizzy3D]

I love that movie. I live in the Netherlands, very near by Amsterdam, I've been in the Anne Frank house, it was really impressing

[@Pikachu-wy2rq]

We are just doing our civil duty, she did what she had to do. I’m pretty certain she always thinks, what would have been had all of them survived. Things happen for a reason, and though that doesn’t excuse mass genocide, it does show us what length people would go to get it all over with. We do what we have to do because we have morals and common sense.

[@Mr_Frankystein]

This is PAT CARROLL, not Miep Gies. She played the voice for Ursula in the LIttle Mermaid.

[@saulthechicanootaku]

I bet when Jewish teenagers watched this movie, whether in the theatres or in their high schools, they probably cried because they're familiar with Anne Frank, and other who perished in the Holocaust, as some of their family and ancestors were affected, and were eventually inspired to do the right thing to make sure their friends will be safe from the evils of antisemitism. Same with others regarding their sexual orientation, gender, race, nationality, etc. Some call it heroism but it's just doing the right thing

[@lauranungaq6357]

Just need 5 more credits until I get my GED