The Great Debaters
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Denzel Washington |
| Screenplay | Robert Eisele |
| Story by | Robert Eisele |
| Jeffrey Porro | |
| Tony Scherman | |
| This movie has inspiration. Inspiration to fight oppression, exclusion and inner struggles. It tells how a debate . . . | |
| Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture |
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | |
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | |
| BET Award for Best Actor | |
| NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture | |
| Paul Selvin Award | |
| Producers Guild of America Award - Stanley Kramer Award | |
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| ID | 1011778 |
About The Great Debaters
Poet and professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) teaches at the predominately black Wiley College in 1935 Texas. He decides to start a debate team, something nearly unheard of at a black college. While at first he butts heads with the influential father (Forest Whitaker) of one of his best debators, eventually he is able to form a team of strong-minded, intelligent young students, and they become the first black debate team to challenge Harvard's prestigious debate champions.
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