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The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas. [ 2 ]
Both students are taken under the wing of the debate-team coach, Charlie Nichols (Scheider), who was a star debater in his youth. The team eventually wins a chance to debate the issue of abortion against Harvard in front of the Supreme Court. Along the way, the students learn lessons about life, love, friendship, and politics.
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]
[4]: 25 Meetings of the association typically involved the discussion of a controversial question followed by a debate between two members on the question. [4]: 28 Literary societies saw substantial decline during the American Civil War, with the few remaining becoming full-fledged debating societies, teams, and clubs.
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)
[2] [3] The first issue was released in 1996. [2] The magazine was most recently published by RJR Communications, Inc. [4] which became the full owner of the magazine in January 2009. [3] The 2007 motion picture The Great Debaters was based on an article about the Wiley College 1935 debate team that appeared in the Spring 1997 issue. [5]
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In 2007, Parker played the role of Henry Lowe in the Denzel Washington-directed film The Great Debaters. The character was based on the real-life debater Henry Heights, from Wiley College. Parker attended a debate boot camp to make his performance more authentic. [20] He portrayed a multifaceted character.