The Great Debaters

Name: The Great Debaters
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 7.274

2007 · 126 min

Drama

★ 7.3

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Denzel Washington
Screenplay Robert Eisele
Story Jeffrey Porro
Story Robert Eisele
Director of Photography Philippe Rousselot

Cast

Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Washington
Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Samantha Booke
Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
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Trenton McClain Boyd
Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery
Deputy

Crew

Director — Denzel Washington
Screenplay — Robert Eisele
Story — Jeffrey Porro
Story — Robert Eisele
Director of Photography — Philippe Rousselot

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