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The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas. [2] It stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Denzel Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams, and Jurnee Smollett. The Great Debaters was released in theaters on December 25, 2007 to positive critical reception. [3]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. [ 7 ] Film historian Leonard Maltin gave the picture 1.5 (out of a possible 4) stars: "After 9 years, the star and screenwriter of The Blue Lagoon reunite for this slick travesty...set on the kind of party campus where Dick Dale ...
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.
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 1930 Wiley College debate team. Wells is in the center of the front row. Henrietta Bell Wells (October 11, 1912 – February 27, 2008) was the first female member of the debate team at historically black Wiley College in Texas. She was born Henrietta Pauline Bell on the banks of Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas to a West Indian single mother.
Denzel Dominique Whitaker (born June 15, 1990) is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, he acted in the films Training Day (2001) and The Ant Bully (2006) before portraying James Farmer Jr. in The Great Debaters (2007), earning an NAACP Image Award for his work in the film.
The RNC also plans to livestream the debate on Rumble, a video-sharing service that’s popular with conservatives. ... The free trial on this service is no longer offered, as well. It will cost ...
The Great Debate (Canadian TV series), a Canadian television series (1974–1983) "The Great Debate", a song by Dream Theater from their 2002 album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence; The Great Debate (American TV series), a VH1 program (2009) The Great Debate (British TV series), a Sky News programme (2022–present)