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The Great Debaters
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.
Denzel Washington
Robert Eisele
Casts & Crew
Denzel Washington
Nate Parker
Forest Whitaker
Denzel Whitaker
Kimberly Elise
Jermaine Williams
Gina Ravera
John Heard
Devyn A. Tyler
Trenton McClain Boyd
Ritchie Montgomery
Jackson Walker
Tim Parati
Robert X. Golphin
Justice Leak
Glen Powell
Brad Watkins
Brian Smiar
Damien Leake
Voltaire Sterling
Stephen Rider
Gordon Danniels
Donny Boaz
Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Bonnie Johnson
Charissa Allen
Michael Beasley
Gary Mathis
Georges Wilson
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Harold Evans
J.D. Evermore
Sharon Jones
Kelvin Payton
Southey Blanton
Michael Mattison
Jeff Braun
Milton R. Gipson
Frank Ridley
Jeremiah Kissel
Jack Radosta
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Dom Flemons
Justin Robinson
Rhiannon Giddens
Ahmad Powell
Marcus Lyle Brown
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Gary Mattis
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