The Great Debaters

Based on a true story, the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at Wiley College, a Historically Black College related to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now United Methodist Church), to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a fear for blacks. The Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University. This was their 47th annual debate team.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 1453
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide December 27, 2007
  • Runtime 126 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Studio The Weinstein Company
  • Production Company The Weinstein Company Harpo Films Marshall Production
  • Production Countries United States of America
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Box Office Worldwide $30,200,000
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Denzel Washington
as Melvin B. Tolson
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Forest Whitaker
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
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Jackson Walker
as Pig Owner
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Justice Leak
as Harland Osbourne
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Brian Smiar
as Harvard Dean
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Damien Leake
as Wilson
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Stephen Rider
as Paul Quinn Debater #2
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Gordon Danniels
as Paul Quinn Debate Judge
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Donny Boaz
as Oklahoma City College Debater #1
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Bonnie Johnson
as Dr. Jennings
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J.D. Evermore
as Captain Wainwright
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Sharon Jones
as Lila
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Southey Blanton
as White Labor Organizer
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Michael Mattison
as White Sharecropper #1
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Jeremiah Kissel
as Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
as Juke Joint Musician #1
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Rhiannon Giddens
as Juke Joint Musician #4
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Kimberly Elise
as Pearl Farmer
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Georges Wilson
as Samuel
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Marcus Lyle Brown
as Howard Debater #1
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Denzel Whitaker
as James Farmer Jr.
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Nate Parker
as Henry Lowe
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Jermaine Williams
as Hamilton Burgess
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Gina Ravera
as Ruth Tolson
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John Heard
as Sheriff Dozier
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Ritchie Montgomery
as Deputy
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Tim Parati
as Pig Farmer
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Glen Powell
as Harvard Debater #1
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Michael Beasley
as Trudell
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Frank Ridley
as Security Guard
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Jurnee Smollett
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