The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters
DVD Title: The Great Debaters
Genre:Drama
Director:Denzel Washington
Actors:Cast List
Movie Year:
ASIN: B00125WAWS
Disc Number/Location:1066
Description:
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

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

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