The Great Debaters
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 126 mins
(629 votes)
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.
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 Whitaker
- Denzel Washington
- Nate Parker
- Jurnee Smollett
- Forest Whitaker
- Kimberly Elise
- Jermaine Williams
- Gina Ravera
- John Heard
- Devyn A. Tyler
- Trenton McClain Boyd
- Ritchie Montgomery
- Jackson Walker
- Tim Parati
- Robert X. Golphin
- Justice Leak
- Glen Powell
- Brad Watkins
- Brian Smiar
- Damien Leake
- Voltaire Sterling
- Stephen Rider
- Gordon Danniels
- Donny Boaz
- Samuel Elliott 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
- Alvin Youngblood Hart
- Dom Flemons
- Justin Robinson
- Rhiannon Giddens
- Ahmad Powell
- Marcus Lyle Brown
- Gary Mattis
Director
- Denzel Washington
Producers
- Todd Black
- Kate Forte
- Joe Roth
- Oprah Winfrey
