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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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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.
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
The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas.
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. What Works: The Great Debaters is a terrific ...
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.
- Denzel Washington
Overview. 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. Denzel Washington. Director. Jeffrey Porro. Story. Robert Eisele. Writer.
Synopsis. Trailers. Photos. Cast. Reviews. 73 votes and 16 Reviews | Write a Review. In Theaters: December 25, 2007. PG-13 | 2h 3m | Drama. Watch Trailer. The Great Debaters is inspired by the remarkable story of Wiley College's winning debate team of the early 1930s.
