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The Great Debaters

72.51 %|Dec 25, 2007|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.

Featured Crew

Robert Eisele
Writer
Denzel Washington
Director
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
David Crockett
Executive Producer
Melody Fowler
Associate Producer
Jeffrey Porro
Story
Molly Allen
Co-Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer

Cast

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Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
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Denzel Washington
Melvin B. Tolson
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Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
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Jurnee Smollett
Samantha Booke
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Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
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Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
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Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
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Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
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John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
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Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
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Trenton McClain Boyd
Nathaniel Farmer
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Tim Parati
Pig Farmer
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Justice Leak
Harland Osbourne
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Glen Powell
Harvard Debater #1
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Brad Watkins
Harvard Debater #2
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Brian Smiar
Harvard Dean
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Voltaire Sterling
Paul Quinn Debater #1
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Stephen Rider
Paul Quinn Debater #2
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Gordon Danniels
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
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Donny Boaz
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
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Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
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Bonnie Johnson
Dr. Jennings
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Gary Mathis
Enormous Man
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Harold Evans
William Taylor
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J.D. Evermore
Captain Wainwright
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Southey Blanton
White Labor Organizer
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Michael Mattison
White Sharecropper #1
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Jeff Braun
White Sharecropper #2
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Milton R. Gipson
Prairie View Professor
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Frank Ridley
Security Guard
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Jeremiah Kissel
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
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Jack Radosta
White Man at Lynching
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
Juke Joint Musician #1
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Dom Flemons
Juke Joint Musician #2
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Justin Robinson
Juke Joint Musician #3
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Rhiannon Giddens
Juke Joint Musician #4
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Ahmad Powell
Fisk Professor
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Marcus Lyle Brown
Howard Debater #1
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Gary Mattis
Enormous Man