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