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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 ]
This category is for films relating to high school debate. Pages in category "Films about high school debate" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
[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.
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.
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.
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 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)