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