I need guidance on how to write an essay about the movie Freedom Writers, and it must contain discussion of a social issue.Here are the assignment...

Much of this is going to have to come from your own
understanding of the film and how you feel about it.  This subjective and personalized
nature of the prompt is going to prevent anyone from really being able to "write it" for
you.  I think that there are some elements upon which you can place focus.  The idea of
individuals and their social circumstance is really important in the film.  The idea of
being able to rise above one's condition and empower themselves against the overwhelming
social and economic context is probably one of the most intense elements present.  Being
able to discuss how the film showed individuals having power against dire social
conditions would be one approach to take.  If you wanted to play with this a bit more,
perhaps you could discuss how the film might actually be evading criticism of these
social structures in emphasizing how individuals hold their socio- economic realities
accountable.  In other words, the film shows that the students can "write" about their
lives and gain power over their own consciousness.  Yet, there is little in the film
that suggests that a better or more equitable distribution of wealth and resources would
help these kids out immensely.  The film does not focus on that because "you cannot
control that."  While this is true, the film might be actually apologizing and excusing
this disproportionate wealth and resource allocation by not calling for such a situation
to change.  This might be another topic about which compose thoughts, as
well.