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The Great Debaters was released in theaters on December 25, 2007. The release of the film coincided with a nationally stepped-up effort by urban debate leagues to get hundreds of inner-city and financially challenged schools to establish debate programs. [7] [8] Cities of focus included Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes 80% | IMDb 7.5/10. Genre: Historical Drama. Set in Texas during the Great Depression, this emotional film chronicles the real-life experiences of the Wiley College debate ...
As a debate coach at the historically black Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, Tolson led a team that pioneered interracial college debates against white colleges in the segregated South. [2] This work was depicted in the 2007 biopic The Great Debaters, produced by Oprah Winfrey, starring and directed by Denzel Washington as Tolson. [2] [3]
He argued that debate, as a form of public speaking, required debaters to publicly commit to their positions within a debate round. Quoting Brooks Quimby, a prolific debate coach at Bates College, Murphy claimed that debaters needed to be "men and women of principle" rather than "men and women trained to take either side at the flip of a coin."
In 2007, he committed to donating $1 million to support members of the Wiley College debate team. The Texas HBCU, which was the subject of his movie “The Great Debaters,” will receive $100,000 ...
The Great Debaters (2007) – historical drama film following the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas [72] Guru (Hindi: गुरु) (2007) – Indian Hindi-language drama film rumored to be a biographical film of the industrial tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani [73]
Ahead of the debate, the Harris team showcased Republicans Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump communications director, and Olivia Troye, who worked as a national security adviser to former Vice ...
The Great Debaters (2007) – they travel to debate at Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts; 21 (2008) – MIT and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) – set in Boston; My Best Friend's Girl (2008) – set in Boston; The Women (2008) – Connecticut; The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)