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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
Glen Powell
Harvard Debater #1
Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
Jackson Walker
Pig Owner
Harold Evans
William Taylor
George Wilson
Samuel
Bonnie Johnson
Dr. Jennings
Robert X. Golphin
Dunbar Reed
Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
Jurnee Smollett
Samantha Booke
Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
Oprah Winfrey
Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
Gordon Danniels
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Brian Smiar
Harvard Dean
Justice Leak
Harland Osbourne
Michael Beasley
Trudell
J.D. Evermore
Captain Wainwright
Ritchie Montgomery
Deputy
Donny Boaz
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
Frank Ridley
Security Guard
Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
Damien Leake
Wilson
Stephen Rider
Paul Quinn Debater #2
Tim Parati
Pig Farmer
Marcus Lyle Brown
Howard Debater #1
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Clementine
Rhiannon Giddens
Juke Joint Musician #4
Charissa Allen
Benita
Jack Radosta
White Man at Lynching
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
Sharon Jones
Lila
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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