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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 ]
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]
Listen to Me centers around a group of college students who are members of the debate team at fictional Kenmont College. The two main characters, Tucker Muldowney ( Kirk Cameron ) and Monica Tomanski ( Jami Gertz ), come from underprivileged backgrounds and have won scholarships to Kenmont for displaying exceptional talent for debating.
The 2007 biographical film The Great Debaters is about the Wiley College debate team coached by Melvin B. Tolson. [91] The 2017 young-adult novel Dear Martin, by Nic Stone, follows the captain of a high school debate team as he responds to racial discrimination within his school. [92]
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)
In their first debate, the audio went out on the broadcast, forcing a delay of 27 minutes while technicians fixed the problem. Carter and Ford remained frozen at their podiums the entire time.
Steve Lopez asked three experts on aging to watch the debate and share their take on the candidates' command, coherence, competence, composure, reason and skills of communication and articulation.
The debate was moderated by CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell and Face the Nation moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan.