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Release date United States: Monday, December 24, 2007

Director: Denzel Washington

Cast:

Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker as Henry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett as Samantha Booke
Denzel Whitaker as James Farmer Jr.
Jermaine Williams as Hamilton Burgess
Forest Whitaker as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Gina Ravera as Ruth Tolson
John Heard as Sheriff Dozier
Kimberly Elise as Pearl Farmer
Devyn A. Tyler as Helen Farmer (as Devyn Tyler)
Trenton McClain Boyd as Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery as Deputy
Jackson Walker as Pig Owner
Tim Parati as Pig Farmer
Robert X. Golphin as Dunbar Reed
Justice Leak as Harland Osbourne
Glen Powell Jr. as Harvard Debater #1
Brad Watkins as Harvard Debater #2
Brian Smiar as Harvard Dean
Damien Leake as Wilson

About:

Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach, uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views. In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson''s debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University ''s championship team.

Genres:
Drama

Producers: Todd Black, Kate Forte

Writers: Robert Eisele, Jeffrey Porro

Studio: MGM