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The Great Debaters

Drama Period Film - The Great Debaters - Denzel Washington

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Genres
Drama
Period Film

Lang
English

Year
2007

Actors
Denzel Washington
Forest Whitaker
Nate Parker
Jurnee Smollett
Denzel Whitaker
Jermaine Williams
Gina Ravera
John Heard
Kimberly Elise
Devyn Tyler
Trenton McClain Boyd
Ritchie Montgomery
Jackson Walker
Tim Parati
Robert X. Golphin
Justice Leak
Glen Powell Jr.
Brad Watkins
Brian Smiar
Damien Leake
Voltaire Rico Sterling
Steve Rider
Gordon Daniels
Donny Boaz
Sam Whisnant
Bonnie Johnson
Charissa Allen
Michael Beasley
Gary Mathis
George Wilson
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Harold Evans
J.D. Evermore
Sharon Jones
Kelvin Payton
Southey Blanton
Michael Mattison
Jeff Braun
Milton R. Gipson
Frank Ridley
Jeremiah Kissel
Jack Radosta
Marcus Brown
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Dominique Flemons
Justin Robinson
Rhiannon Giddens
Ahmad Powell
Gregory Nicotero
Gino Crognale
Michael Deak
Alex Diaz

Directors
Denzel Washington

Codec
dvd-rip

About film: Drawing inspiration from the true story of a temperamental debate coach who molded the students of a small East Texas college into a formidable team that gave even Harvard's elite squad a run for their money, Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters features the director himself as the ambitious educator, and Forest Whitaker as the resentful father of a student whose loyalties now lie almost exclusively with his coach. Melvin B. Tolson (Washington) is the kind of educator who truly recognizes the remarkable power of knowledge. An outspoken Wiley College professor who boldly challenged the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the 1930s, Tolson's recognizes that his young debate students possess the spark of a new generation. Convinced that they could invoke great change if given the confidence and tools needed to do so, the tireless educator implores his students to take responsibility for the future while furtively attempting to protect them from his clandestine role as an organizer for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Chief among Tolson's promising young students is a 14-year-old prodigy named James Farmer, Jr. (Denzel Whitaker). Farmer's father, James Sr. (Forest Whitaker), is a renowned scholar and an important presence in the emerging student's life. Yet despite his formidable reputation, James Sr. has not yet learned how to truly harness the power of knowledge through action and assertion. James Jr. has seen the raving effects of racism all around him, and longs to live in a future where no one must be in fear simply because of the color of their skin. Other talented debaters on Tolson's team include fiercely independent student Henry Lowe (Nate Parker), and Samantha Brooke (Jurnee Smollett) — the first ever female ever to join the Wiley College debate team. While most educators may not have recognized the remarkable potential of assembling such a disparate team, Tolson's unique vision truly set him apart from the pack as the team begins to experience a series of consecutive victories on their road to challenging Harvard at the National Championships.

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