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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 ...
In a debate, opposing arguments ... The Great Debaters; I. Intelligence Squared; J. ... This page was last edited on 7 October 2024, at 21:54 (UTC).
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]
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]
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.
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)
Those efforts included closing most of Dickey’s virtual eateries, ending franchise agreements with some non-compliant locations, and ensuring the right people were running restaurants.