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