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Great Debaters [WS]

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Released: 2008-05-13

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Great Debaters DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn Tyler, Trenton McClain Boyd, Ritchie Montgomery, Jackson Walker, Tim Parati, Robert X. Golphin, Justice Leak, Glen Powell Jr., Brad Watkins, Brian Smiar, Damien Leake, Voltaire Rico Sterling, Steve Rider, Gordon Daniels, Donny Boaz, Sam Whisnant, Bonnie Johnson, Charissa Allen, Michael Beasley, Gary Mathis, George Wilson, Fahnlohnee R. Harris, Harold Evans, J.D. Evermore, Sharon Jones, Kelvin Payton, Southey Blanton, Michael Mattison, Jeff Braun, Milton R. Gipson, Frank Ridley, Jeremiah Kissel, Jack Radosta, Marcus Brown, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Dominique Flemons, Justin Robinson, Rhiannon Giddens, Ahmad Powell, Gregory Nicotero, Gino Crognale, Michael Deak, Alex Diaz

Director(s): Denzel Washington

Features:
Deleted scenes
The Great Debaters: An historical perspective
"That's What My Baby Likes," music video
"My Soul Is a Witness," music video

Great Debaters DVD Details

Video:
COLOR, Enchanced Widescreen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Language:
English
French
Subtitles:
Spanish

Running Time: 124
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 796019810708
Product Code: WENC81070DVD
Format: DVD
Year:2007
Studio: Weinstein Company

Great Debaters DVD Summary Drawing inspiration from the true story of a temperamental debate coach who molded the students of a small East Texas college into a formidable team that gave even Harvard's elite squad a run for their money, Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters features the director himself as the ambitious educator, and Forest Whitaker as the resentful father of a student whose loyalties now lie almost exclusively with his coach.

Melvin B.

Tolson (Washington) is the kind of educator who truly recognizes the remarkable power of knowledge.

An outspoken Wiley College professor who boldly challenged the discriminatory Jim Crow laws of the 1930s, Tolson's recognizes that his young debate students possess the spark of a new generation.

Convinced that they could invoke great change if given the confidence and tools needed to do so, the tireless educator implores his students to take responsibility for the future while furtively attempting to protect them from his clandestine role as an organizer for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.

Chief among Tolson's promising young students is a 14-year-old prodigy named James Farmer, Jr.

(Denzel Whitaker).

Farmer's father, James Sr.

(Forest Whitaker), is a renowned scholar and an important presence in the emerging student's life.

Yet despite his formidable reputation, James Sr.

has not yet learned how to truly harness the power of knowledge through action and assertion.

James Jr.

has seen the raving effects of racism all around him, and longs to live in a future where no one must be in fear simply because of the color of their skin.

Other talented debaters on Tolson's team include fiercely independent student Henry Lowe (Nate Parker), and Samantha Brooke (Jurnee Smollett) -- the first ever female ever to join the Wiley College debate team.

While most educators may not have recognized the remarkable potential of assembling such a disparate team, Tolson's unique vision truly set him apart from the pack as the team begins to experience a series of consecutive victories on their road to challenging Harvard at the National Championships.