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The Great Debaters
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.
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126 min
Release
2007-12-25
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Cast
Denzel Whitaker
as James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Washington
as Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker
as Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett
as Samantha Booke
Forest Whitaker
as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Kimberly Elise
as Pearl Farmer
Jermaine Williams
as Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera
as Ruth Tolson
John Heard
as Sheriff Dozier
Devyn A. Tyler
as Helen Farmer
Trenton McClain Boyd
as Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery
as Deputy
Jackson Walker
as Pig Owner
Tim Parati
as Pig Farmer
Robert X. Golphin
as Dunbar Reed
Justice Leak
as Harland Osbourne
Glen Powell
as Harvard Debater #1Brad Watkins
as Harvard Debater #2
Brian Smiar
as Harvard Dean
Damien Leake
as WilsonVoltaire Sterling
as Paul Quinn Debater #1
Stephen Rider
as Paul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon Danniels
as Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny Boaz
as Oklahoma City College Debater #1Samuel Elliott Whisnant
as Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie Johnson
as Dr. Jennings
Charissa Allen
as Benita
Michael Beasley
as TrudellGary Mathis
as Enormous Man
George Wilson
as Samuel
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
as Clementine
Harold Evans
as William Taylor
J.D. Evermore
as Captain Wainwright
Sharon Jones
as Lila
Kelvin Payton
as JosephSouthey Blanton
as White Labor OrganizerMichael Mattison
as White Sharecropper #1Jeff Braun
as White Sharecropper #2Milton R. Gipson
as Prairie View Professor
Frank Ridley
as Security GuardJeremiah Kissel
as Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack Radosta
as White Man at LynchingAlvin Youngblood Hart
as Juke Joint Musician #1
Dom Flemons
as Juke Joint Musician #2Justin Robinson
as Juke Joint Musician #3
Rhiannon Giddens
as Juke Joint Musician #4Ahmad Powell
as Fisk Professor
Marcus Lyle Brown
as Howard Debater #1Gary Mattis
as Enormous Man
Kevin Beard
as Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)Director
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