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Edit page. The Great Debaters: Directed by Denzel Washington. With Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker. A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national ...
Dec 25, 2007 · THE GREAT DEBATERS. Opens nationwide on Tuesday. Directed by Denzel Washington; written by Robert Eisele, based on a story by Mr. Eisele and Jeffrey Porro; director of photography, Philippe ...
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley ...
The Great Debaters. 1930s: Controversial debate coach, Professor Melvin Tolson is determined to challenge the status quo of the time, using ferocious teaching methods to shape a debate team at a small African American university in Texas. The team reaches a pivotal moment when they are faced with going up against Harvard University's white ...
Dec 25, 2007 · 2 h 6 m. Summary Believe in the power of words. Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African-American college in the Deep South into a historically elite debate team.
The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, and Kimberly Elise. The Great Debaters was written by Robert Eisele and produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth. 13+. COMMON SENSE. Inspiring true story confronts racism head-on. 80%. TOMATOMETER.
The Great Debaters was inspired by Wiley College, a traditionally African-American school in Marshall, and Melvin Tolson, its iconic debate coach. During the Great Depression—an age when segregation was in full swing and black Americans were seen by many white Americans as intellectually inferior—Wiley was an unlikely debating powerhouse.
