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The Great Debaters

7.3

629 votes

Genres:

Drama

Release date: 2007-12-25

Budget: $15000000

Revenue: $30226144

Plot:
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.

Cast:

Actor	Character
Denzel Whitaker	James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Washington	Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker	Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett	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
Trenton McClain Boyd	Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery	Deputy
Jackson Walker	Pig Owner
Tim Parati	Pig Farmer
Robert X. Golphin	Dunbar Reed
Justice Leak	Harland Osbourne
Glen Powell	Harvard Debater #1
Brad Watkins	Harvard Debater #2
Brian Smiar	Harvard Dean
Damien Leake	Wilson
Voltaire Sterling	Paul Quinn Debater #1
Stephen Rider	Paul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon Danniels	Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny Boaz	Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Samuel Elliott Whisnant	Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie Johnson	Dr. Jennings
Charissa Allen	Benita
Michael Beasley	Trudell
Gary Mathis	Enormous Man
George Wilson	Samuel
Fahnlohnee R. Harris	Clementine
Harold Evans	William Taylor
J.D. Evermore	Captain Wainwright
Sharon Jones	Lila
Kelvin Payton	Joseph
Southey Blanton	White Labor Organizer
Michael Mattison	White Sharecropper #1
Jeff Braun	White Sharecropper #2
Milton R. Gipson	Prairie View Professor
Frank Ridley	Security Guard
Jeremiah Kissel	Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack Radosta	White Man at Lynching
Alvin Youngblood Hart	Juke Joint Musician #1
Dom Flemons	Juke Joint Musician #2
Justin Robinson	Juke Joint Musician #3
Rhiannon Giddens	Juke Joint Musician #4
Ahmad Powell	Fisk Professor
Marcus Lyle Brown	Howard Debater #1
Gary Mattis	Enormous Man

The Great Debaters

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