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