The Great Debaters
Drama
Release Date
December 25, 2007
Duration
126 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Whitaker
Melvin B. Tolson
Denzel Washington
Henry Lowe
Nate Parker
Samantha Booke
Jurnee Smollett
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Forest Whitaker
Pearl Farmer
Kimberly Elise
Hamilton Burgess
Jermaine Williams
Ruth Tolson
Gina Ravera
Sheriff Dozier
John Heard
Helen Farmer
Devyn A. Tyler
Nathaniel Farmer
Trenton McClain Boyd
Deputy
Ritchie Montgomery
Pig Owner
Jackson Walker
Pig Farmer
Tim Parati
Dunbar Reed
Robert X. Golphin
Harland Osbourne
Justice Leak
Harvard Debater #1
Glen Powell
Harvard Debater #2
Brad Watkins
Harvard Dean
Brian Smiar
Wilson
Damien Leake
Paul Quinn Debater #1
Voltaire Sterling
Paul Quinn Debater #2
Stephen Rider
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Gordon Danniels
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Donny Boaz
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Dr. Jennings
Bonnie Johnson
Benita
Charissa Allen
Trudell
Michael Beasley
Enormous Man
Gary Mathis
Samuel
George Wilson
Clementine
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
William Taylor
Harold Evans
Captain Wainwright
J.D. Evermore
Lila
Sharon Jones
Joseph
Kelvin Payton
White Labor Organizer
Southey Blanton
White Sharecropper #1
Michael Mattison
White Sharecropper #2
Jeff Braun
Prairie View Professor
Milton R. Gipson
Security Guard
Frank Ridley
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jeremiah Kissel
White Man at Lynching
Jack Radosta
Juke Joint Musician #1
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Juke Joint Musician #2
Dom Flemons
Juke Joint Musician #3
Justin Robinson
Juke Joint Musician #4
Rhiannon Giddens
Fisk Professor
Ahmad Powell
Howard Debater #1
Marcus Lyle Brown
Enormous Man
Gary Mattis
Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)
Kevin Beard
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