In 1935, Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a brilliant, fiery professor at Wiley College in Texas, inspires his students to form the schools first debate team. Using the power of words, Tolson shapes a group of underdog students from a small African American college into elite debaters, who eventually challenge Harvard in the national championship. Directed by Denzel Washington. With Forest Whitaker, Jermaine Williams and John Heard. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.
Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington in The Great Debaters
Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington and Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington in The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
Forest Whitaker in The Great Debaters
Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington and Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
Forest Whitaker in The Great Debaters
John Heard in The Great Debaters
Gina Ravera in The Great Debaters
The Great Debaters
Kimberly Elise in The Great Debaters
Denzel Washington also appeared in Antwone Fisher, Courage Under Fire, Training Day, Remember the Titans, The Bone Collector, Man on Fire, Glory, Inside Man, Deja Vu, American Gangster, Crimson Tide, The Hurricane, He Got Game, The Pelican Brief, The Taking of Pelham 123, The Siege, and The Book of Eli.
Nate Parker also appeared in Pride and The Secret Life of Bees.
Jermaine Williams also appeared in The Comebacks, Stomp the Yard, and World's Greatest Dad.
Forest Whitaker also appeared in Platoon, The Crying Game, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Bloodsport, Good Morning, Vietnam, A Little Trip to Heaven, Vantage Point, Even Money, Street Kings, The Last King of Scotland, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Panic Room, and Where the Wild Things Are.
Gina Ravera also appeared in Soul Food and Kiss the Girls.
John Heard also appeared in Home Alone, Awakenings, Pollock, Snake Eyes, The Guardian, Sweet Land, Beaches, and The Pelican Brief.
Kimberly Elise also appeared in Pride.