Freedom Writers (2007)

Jaclyn Ngan: Sindy

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• [while playing the Line Game, in which Erin makes the class reveal that they have more in common than they care to admit] 

  Erin Gruwell : Who has been to jail or a juvenile hall?

  Sindy : Does a refugee camp count?

  Erin Gruwell : You decide.

  [Sindy stands on the line] 

• Sindy : During the war in Cambodia, the camps stripped away my father's dignity. He sometimes tries to hurt me and my mom. I feel like I have to protect my family.