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The Great Debaters
2007, Dec 25
2h 6m
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Directed by
Denzel Washington
Written by
Robert Eisele
Denzel Washington
Melvin B. Tolson
Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Jurnee Smollett
Samantha Booke
Glen Powell
Harvard Debater #1
Oprah Winfrey
John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
Donny Boaz
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Ritchie Montgomery
Deputy
Damien Leake
Wilson
Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
J.D. Evermore
Captain Wainwright
Michael Beasley
Trudell
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Clementine
Stephen Rider
Paul Quinn Debater #2
Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
Marcus Lyle Brown
Howard Debater #1
Justice Leak
Harland Osbourne
Tim Parati
Pig Farmer
Rhiannon Giddens
Juke Joint Musician #4
Sharon Jones
Lila
Frank Ridley
Security Guard
Gordon Danniels
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Brian Smiar
Harvard Dean
Bonnie Johnson
Dr. Jennings
Jackson Walker
Pig Owner
Jack Radosta
White Man at Lynching
Robert X. Golphin
Dunbar Reed
Charissa Allen
Benita
Harold Evans
William Taylor
George Wilson
Samuel
Dom Flemons
Juke Joint Musician #2
Trenton McClain Boyd
Nathaniel Farmer
Brad Watkins
Harvard Debater #2
Voltaire Sterling
Paul Quinn Debater #1
Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Gary Mathis
Enormous Man
Kelvin Payton
Joseph
Southey Blanton
White Labor Organizer
Michael Mattison
White Sharecropper #1
Jeff Braun
White Sharecropper #2
Milton R. Gipson
Prairie View Professor
Jeremiah Kissel
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Juke Joint Musician #1
Justin Robinson
Juke Joint Musician #3
Gary Mattis
Enormous Man
Robert Powell
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