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The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas.
Dec 25, 2007 · With Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker. A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
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Chief among Tolson's promising young students is a 14-year-old prodigy named James Farmer, Jr. (Denzel Whitaker). Farmer's father, James Sr. (Forest Whitaker), is a renowned scholar and an ...
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Jan 4, 2017 · The Great Debaters 2007 trailer - "Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker" A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas.
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Dec 24, 2007 · "The Great Debaters" is about an underdog debate team that wins a national championship, and some critics have complained that it follows the formula of all sports movies by leading up, through great adversity, to a victory at the end. So it does.
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One night Farmer Jr follows Melvin & finds him trying to organize white & colored farm labor into a union to fight for their rights. When the police raid the premises, Melvin saves Farmer Jr. Melvin has a stranglehold on the debate team to the extent that he writes the arguments.
