The Great Debaters (2007)
Rating: 7.2/10
Duration: 126 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Denzel Washington,
Description:
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
- Devyn A. Tyler as Helen Farmer
- Jurnee Smollett as Samantha Booke
- Forest Whitaker as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
- Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson
- John Heard as Sheriff Dozier
- Kimberly Elise as Pearl Farmer
- Denzel Whitaker as James Farmer Jr.
- Ritchie Montgomery as Deputy
- Nate Parker as Henry Lowe
- Gina Ravera as Ruth Tolson
- Tim Parati as Pig Farmer
- Jermaine Williams as Hamilton Burgess
- Trenton McClain Boyd as Nathaniel Farmer
- Jackson Walker as Pig Owner
- Robert X. Golphin as Dunbar Reed