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Release Date: 2007

Cast: Steve Flynn, Denzel Whitaker, Trenton McClain Boyd, Devyn A. Tyler, Forest Whitaker, J.D. Evermore, Denzel Washington, Jurnee Smollett, Robert X. Golphin, Justice Leak, Jermaine Williams, Gina Ravera ...MORE

Cast: Steve Flynn, Denzel Whitaker, Trenton McClain Boyd, Devyn A. Tyler, Forest Whitaker, J.D. Evermore, Denzel Washington, Jurnee Smollett, Robert X. Golphin, Justice Leak, Jermaine Williams, Gina Ravera, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Damien Leake, John Heard ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Inspirational Drama, Biography, Period piece

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biopic period drama film directed by and starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey and her production company, Harpo Productions. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the 1997 Spring issue of American Legacy. The film co-stars Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay was written by Robert Eisele. The film was released in theaters on December 25, 2007. Based on a true... MORE

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biopic period drama film directed by and starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey and her production company, Harpo Productions. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the 1997 Spring issue of American Legacy. The film co-stars Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay was written by Robert Eisele. The film was released in theaters on December 25, 2007. Based on a true story, the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a pervasive fear for blacks. In the movie, the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University. This was their 47th annual debate team. The movie also explores the social constructs in Texas during the Great Depression including not only the day-to-day insults and slights African LESS