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