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The Great Debaters - Denzel Washington

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Directed by: 
Denzel Washington
Story by: 
Tony Scherman
Robert Eisele
Jeffrey Porro
Screenplay by: 
Robert Eisele
Produced by: 
Joe Roth
Kate Forte
Oprah Winfrey
Todd Black
Release year: 
2007
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
118min
Genre: 
Historical period drama
Inspirational Drama
Biographical film
Drama
Music by: 
James Newton Howard
Peter Golub
Soundtrack: 
The Great Debaters
Subjects: 
Racism
Tagline: 
When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.
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Plot: 
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience.
Cast: 
Denzel Washington
as
Melvin B. Tolson
Kimberly Elise
as
Pearl Farmer
Jurnee Smollett
as
Samantha Booke
Gina Ravera
as
Ruth Tolson
Forest Whitaker
as
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Denzel Whitaker
as
James Farmer Jr.
Nate Parker
as
Henry Lowe
John Heard
as
Sheriff Dozier
Jermaine Williams
as
Hamilton Burgess
Devyn A. Tyler
as
Helen Farmer
Trenton McClain Boyd
as
Nathaniel Farmer
Robert X. Golphin
as
Dunbar Reed
Justice Leak
as
Harland Osbourne
Damien Leake
as
Wilson
J.D. Evermore
as
Captain Wainwright
Steve Flynn
as
Harvard Dean #1
Ritchie Montgomery
as
Deputy
Jackson Walker
as
Pig Owner
Tim Parati
as
Pig Farmer
Glen Powell
as
Harvard Debater #1
Brad Watkins
as
Harvard Debater #2
Brian Smiar
as
Harvard Dean #2
Voltaire Sterling
as
Paul Quinn Debater #1
Stephen Rider
as
Paul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon Danniels
as
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny Boaz
as
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Samuel Elliott Whisnant
as
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie Johnson
as
Dr. Jennings
Charissa Allen
as
Benita
Michael Beasley
as
Trudell
Gary Mathis
as
Enormous Man
George Wilson
as
Samuel
Fahnlohnee Harris
as
Clementine
Harold Evans
as
William Taylor
Sharon Jones
as
Lila
Kelvin Payton
as
Joseph
Southey Blanton
as
White Labor Organizer
Michael Mattison
as
White Sharecropper #1
Jeff Braun
as
White Sharecropper #2
Milton R. Gipson
as
Prairie View Professor
Frank Ridley
as
Security Guard
Jeremiah Kissel
as
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack Radosta
as
White Man at Lynching
Marcus Lyle Brown
as
Howard Debater #1
Alvin 'Youngblood' Hart
as
Juke Joint Musician #1
Dom Flemons
as
Juke Joint Musician #2
Justin Robinson
as
Juke Joint Musician #3
Rhiannon Giddens
as
Juke Joint Musician #4
Ahmad Powell
as
Fisk Professor
Michael C. Allen
as
Deputy Texas Ranger
Kevin Beard
as
Klansman at Lynching
Ellen Becker Gray
as
Faculty at Harvard Debate
Chad Boldini
as
Harvard Debate Attendee #1
Crystal Brown-Tatum
as
Female Teacher
Crystal Brown-Tatum
as
Dance Chaperone
Gio Castellano
as
Harvard Debate Attendee #2
Thomas Cataloni
as
Sailor
Michael DeMello
as
Debate Observer
Roger Dillingham, Jr.
as
Upscale Traveler
Brian D. Evans
as
Harvard Student #1
Benjamin Fisher
as
Harvard Student #2
Jaishon Fisher
as
Newspaper Boy
Jamai Fisher
as
Kid at Train Station
Hevin Hampton
as
Bar Patron
Joel B. Hayden
as
Harvard Professor
Patrick Mel Hayes
as
Harvard Alumni #1
Alex Korna
as
Harvard Student #3
Kenneth Lecompte
as
Share Cropper and Grocer
Jimmy Lee Jr.
as
Lyncher
Aqua Lee
as
Juke Joint Couple
Robert Masiello
as
Harvard Alumni #2
Josh McBride
as
Harvard Student #4
Alex Milne
as
Shoe Shine Boy
Tarek Moussa
as
Harvard Student #5
Jason Mulcahy
as
Harvard Student #6
Ed O'Keefe
as
Harvard Scholar #1
Giovanni Pantaleo
as
Harvard Student #7
Cory Patt
as
Wiley Student
Jeannie Perrin
as
Lynching Participant
Todd Poudrier
as
Radio Tech
Breon Pugh
as
Wiley Debater
Alan Resnic
as
Harvard Scholar #2
Robert M. Saunders
as
Harvard Student #8
Cory Reed Smith
as
Harvard Debate Attendee #3
Scott Sousa
as
Harvard Student #9
Heath Stewart
as
Reserve Harvard Debater
Bill Stinchcomb
as
Lynch Mob
Ruth Sullivan
as
Student
Ian Wallace
as
Harvard Student #10
Donald Warnock
as
The Chief Harvard Judge
Mike Wendt
as
Harvard Student #11
Russell Woron-Simons
as
Harvard Debate Attendee #4
Adam Zalt
as
Harvard Student #12
Adam Zalt
as
Navy Sailor

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