The Great Debaters

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Director

Denzel Washington

Producer

Todd Black, Kate Forte, Nesim Hason, Joe Roth, Oprah Winfrey

Cast

Denzel Washington, Jurnee Smollett

Country

USA

Runtime

126 min

Rating

PG-13

Accessibility

Limited Mobility Access

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Poet and professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) teaches at the predominately black Wiley College in 1935 Texas. He decides to start a debate team, something nearly unheard of at a black college. While at first he butts heads with the influential father (Forest Whitaker) of one of his best debators, eventually he is able to form a team of strong-minded, intelligent young students, and they become the first black debate team to challenge Harvard’s prestigious debate champions.

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