The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

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The Great Debaters

December 25, 2007

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Cast (50)

James Farmer Jr.

Melvin B. Tolson

Henry Lowe

Samantha Booke

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Pearl Farmer

Hamilton Burgess

Ruth Tolson

Sheriff Dozier

Helen Farmer

Nathaniel Farmer

Deputy

Pig Owner

Pig Farmer

Dunbar Reed

Harland Osbourne

Harvard Debater #1

Harvard Debater #2

Harvard Dean

Wilson

Paul Quinn Debater #1

Paul Quinn Debater #2

Paul Quinn Debate Judge

Oklahoma City College Debater #1

Oklahoma City College Debater #2

Dr. Jennings

Benita

Trudell

Enormous Man

Samuel

Clementine

William Taylor

Captain Wainwright

Lila

Joseph

White Labor Organizer

White Sharecropper #1

White Sharecropper #2

Prairie View Professor

Security Guard

Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

White Man at Lynching

Juke Joint Musician #1

Juke Joint Musician #2

Juke Joint Musician #3

Juke Joint Musician #4

Fisk Professor

Howard Debater #1

Enormous Man

Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)

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