The Great Debaters

Mentorship meets underdog against Jim Crow Texas. A fiery professor arms black students with rhetoric instead of fists during the Depression. The squad’s verbal jabs at Harvard echo into Civil Rights lore.

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Denzel Washington directed The Great Debaters in 2007. See Denzel Washington's full filmography, where to start with Denzel Washington, or where to go after you've seen everything by Denzel Washington.

The Great Debaters was released in 2007 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 126 minutes.