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