The Great Debaters

2007·126'

Denzel Washington

Drama

EN - English

Letterboxd TMDB #14047

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

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