Great Debaters, The
February 8, 2010
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IMDB rating: 7.70 Plot: Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as “the last city to surrender after the Civil War,” is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coached the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that included the first debate between students from white and Negro colleges and ended with an invitation to face Harvard University’s national champions. The team of four, which included a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. |
Actors: Walker Jackson,Dillingham Jr. Roger,Auguste Ron,Bamberg Andrew,Beasley Michael,Benjamin Andrew,Blanton Southey,Bourgeois Matt,Boyd Trenton McClain,Brown Marcus Lyle,Carter Antravian D.,Conover Eric,Cormier Sean Paul,Evans Brian D.,Evermore J.D.,Drama,
How is the movie "The Great Debaters" relate to a community?
because it’s based on a true story, the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the ’30s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a pervasive fear for blacks. In the movie, the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University.
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Manuel Curtis