The Great Debaters(2007)
movie - first aired/released 2007-12-25 - 126 min - audience 7.3
Drama
Directed by Denzel Washington
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.
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Cast
Denzel WhitakerJames Farmer Jr.
Denzel WashingtonMelvin B. Tolson
Nate ParkerHenry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett-BellSamantha Booke
Forest WhitakerDr. James Farmer Sr.
Kimberly ElisePearl Farmer
Jermaine WilliamsHamilton Burgess
Gina RaveraRuth Tolson
John HeardSheriff Dozier
Devyn A. TylerHelen Farmer- Trenton McClain BoydNathaniel Farmer
Ritchie MontgomeryDeputy
Jackson WalkerPig Owner
Tim ParatiPig Farmer
Robert X. GolphinDunbar Reed
Justice LeakHarland Osbourne
Glen PowellHarvard Debater #1- Brad WatkinsHarvard Debater #2
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Brian SmiarHarvard Dean
Damien LeakeWilson- Voltaire SterlingPaul Quinn Debater #1
Stephen RiderPaul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon DannielsPaul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny BoazOklahoma City College Debater #1- Samuel Elliott WhisnantOklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie JohnsonDr. Jennings
Charissa AllenBenita
Michael BeasleyTrudell- Gary MathisEnormous Man
George WilsonSamuel
Fahnlohnee R. HarrisClementine
Harold EvansWilliam Taylor
J.D. EvermoreCaptain Wainwright
Sharon JonesLila
Kelvin PaytonJoseph- Southey BlantonWhite Labor Organizer
- Michael MattisonWhite Sharecropper #1
- Jeff BraunWhite Sharecropper #2
- Milton R. GipsonPrairie View Professor
Frank RidleySecurity Guard- Jeremiah KisselRadio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack RadostaWhite Man at Lynching- Alvin Youngblood HartJuke Joint Musician #1
Dom FlemonsJuke Joint Musician #2- Justin RobinsonJuke Joint Musician #3
Rhiannon GiddensJuke Joint Musician #4- Ahmad PowellFisk Professor
Marcus Lyle BrownHoward Debater #1- Gary MattisEnormous Man
Kevin BeardKlansman at Lynching (uncredited)
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