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Based on a true story, the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson at Wiley College, a historically black college related to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now The United Methodist Church), to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a fear for African Americans.
The character Samantha Booke in the 2007 movie, The Great Debaters, played by Jurnee Smollett, was loosely based on Wells. Wells stated that she had told Denzel Washington, who directed the film, to also play her team's coach, Melvin B. Tolson, in the film. [3]
“The Great Debaters,” a 2007 film documenting the true story of a radical debate team coach and how he helped an underdog group of Black students take on the Harvard elite
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898 – August 29, 1966) was an American poet, educator, columnist, and politician. As a poet, he was influenced both by Modernism and the language and experiences of African Americans, and he was deeply influenced by his study of the Harlem Renaissance.
Breaking down what's real and what's made up in Jason Reitman's big screen "Saturday Night Live" origin story. Saturday Night tells the pulse-pounding tale of the 90 minutes leading up to the very ...
Since then, Smollett played Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter” (8-year-old Sheyann Webb) in the 1999 TV movie “Selma, Lord Selma”; the sole female debater at a ...
Pride (2007) – biographical sport drama film loosely based upon the true story of Philadelphia swim coach James "Jim" Ellis [133] Primeval (2007) – action adventure horror film inspired by the true story of Gustave, a 20 ft (6.1 m), 2,000 pounds (910 kg; 0.91 t) giant, man-eating Nile Crocodile in Burundi [134]
32. Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) Director: Dan Gilroy Cast: Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Shelley Hennig, Lynda Gravatt Rating: PG-13 Run Time: 122 minutes Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes 55% | IMDb 6.5 ...