The Great Debaters
Released: December 25, 2007Runtime: 126 min
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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Denzel Washington
as Melvin B. Tolson
Forest Whitaker
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Kimberly Elise
as Pearl Farmer
Nate Parker
as Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett
as Samantha Booke
Denzel Whitaker
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Jermaine Williams
as Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera
as Ruth Tolson
John Heard
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Devyn A Tyler
as Helen Farmer
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