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    The Great Debaters

    PG-132007 · Drama · 2h 7m

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      • Summary Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), 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.
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  2. The Great Debaters. Summaries. 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.

  3. Nov 5, 2021 · The Great Debaters – Film Synopsis. Produced by Oprah Winfrey and starring a two-time Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington, The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biopic period film chronicling the success of the 1935 Wiley College Debate Team. Located in Marshal, Texas, Wiley is a historically black, private liberal arts college and was ...

  4. The Great Debaters (2007) Directed by: Denzel Washington. Premise: The true story of Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) a professor at Wiley College in the 1930s who formed a debate team that used rhetoric and the spoken word to challenge Jim Crow laws and eventually participate in the first interracial debate tournament.

  5. 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 championship.

    • Denzel Washington
    • 3 min
  6. The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the spring 1997 issue of American Legacy.

  7. Paul Asay. Movie Review. Melvin Tolson calls it the “hot spot.” He marks it in chalk—a white box drawn on a wood floor. For Tolson, it’s more than a box: It’s a battleground. And one by one, he invites would-be debaters to step inside and fight—not with guns or knives, but with diction, logic and passion. “Debate is blood sport,” he says.

  8. Dec 25, 2007 · 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.

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