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The Great Debaters

Title
The Great Debaters (2024)
The Great Debaters
Year
2024
Catalog
Genre
IMDB
Rating
7.2 from 10 with total 365 votes
Premiere
2007-12-27
Runtime
126 minutes
Description
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 Washington character Melvin B. Tolson

Nate Parker character Henry Lowe

Forest Whitaker character Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Denzel Whitaker character James Farmer Jr.

Kimberly Elise character Pearl Farmer

Jermaine Williams character Hamilton Burgess

Gina Ravera character Ruth Tolson

John Heard character Sheriff Dozier

Devyn A. Tyler character Helen Farmer

Trenton McClain Boyd character Nathaniel Farmer

Ritchie Montgomery character Deputy

Jackson Walker character Pig Owner

Tim Parati character Pig Farmer

Robert X. Golphin character Dunbar Reed

Justice Leak character Harland Osbourne

Glen Powell character Harvard Debater #1

Brad Watkins character Harvard Debater #2

Brian Smiar character Harvard Dean

Damien Leake character Wilson

Voltaire Sterling character Paul Quinn Debater #1

Stephen Rider character Paul Quinn Debater #2

Gordon Danniels character Paul Quinn Debate Judge

Donny Boaz character Oklahoma City College Debater #1

Samuel Elliott Whisnant character Oklahoma City College Debater #2

Bonnie Johnson character Dr. Jennings

Charissa Allen character Benita

Michael Beasley character Trudell

Gary Mathis character Enormous Man

Georges Wilson character Samuel

Fahnlohnee R. Harris character Clementine

Harold Evans character William Taylor

J.D. Evermore character Captain Wainwright

Sharon Jones character Lila

Kelvin Payton character Joseph

Southey Blanton character White Labor Organizer

Michael Mattison character White Sharecropper #1

Jeff Braun character White Sharecropper #2

Milton R. Gipson character Prairie View Professor

Frank Ridley character Security Guard

Jeremiah Kissel character Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

Jack Radosta character White Man at Lynching

Alvin Youngblood Hart character Juke Joint Musician #1

Dom Flemons character Juke Joint Musician #2

Justin Robinson character Juke Joint Musician #3

Rhiannon Giddens character Juke Joint Musician #4

Ahmad Powell character Fisk Professor

Marcus Lyle Brown character Howard Debater #1

Jurnee Smollett character Samantha Booke

Gary Mattis character Enormous Man