Video Description:    A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school`s first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
Genre:     Biography
Genre Array:     Biography,Drama,Romance
Rated:     7.6
MPAA:     PG-13
Released:    2007-12-25
Duration:     126 min.
IMDB:    7.6
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REVENUE #:    $
Full Cast Extends:    Denzel Washington:Melvin B. Tolson,Nate Parker:Henry Lowe,Jurnee Smollett:Samantha Booke,Denzel Whitaker:James Farmer Jr.,Jermaine Williams:Hamilton Burgess,Forest Whitaker:Dr. James Farmer Sr.,Gina Ravera:Ruth Tolson,John Heard:Sheriff Dozier,Kimberly Elise:Pearl Farmer,Devyn A. Tyler:Helen Farmer,Trenton McClain Boyd:Nathaniel Farmer,Ritchie Montgomery:Deputy,Jackson Walker:Pig Owner,Tim Parati:Pig Farmer,Robert X. Golphin:Dunbar Reed,Justice Leak:Harland Osbourne,Glen Powell:Harvard Debater #1,Brad Watkins:Harvard Debater #2,Brian Smiar:Harvard Dean,Damien Leake:Wilson,Voltaire Sterling:Paul Quinn Debater #1,Stephen Rider:Paul Quinn Debater #2,Gordon Danniels:Paul Quinn Debate Judge,Donny Boaz:Oklahoma City College Debater #1,Samuel Elliott Whisnant:Oklahoma City College Debater #2,Bonnie Johnson:Dr. Jennings,Charissa Allen:Benita,Michael Beasley:Trudell,Gary Mattis:Enormous Man,George Wilson:Samuel,Fahnlohnee R. Harris:Clementine,Harold Evans:William Taylor,JD Evermore:Captain Wainwright,Sharon Jones:Lila,Kelvin Payton:Joseph,Southey Blanton:White Labor Organizer,Michael Mattison:White Sharecropper #1,Jeff Braun:White Sharecropper #2,Milton R. Gipson:Prairie View Professor,Frank Ridley:Security Guard,Jeremiah Kissel:Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate,Jack Radosta:White Man at Lynching,Marcus Lyle Brown:Howard Debater #1,Alvin Youngblood Hart:Juke Joint Musician #1,Dom Flemons:Juke Joint Musician #2,Justin Robinson:Juke Joint Musician #3,Rhiannon Giddens:Juke Joint Musician #4,Ahmad Powell:Fisk Professor,Michael C. `Mike` Allen:Deputy Texas Ranger,Razmig Arabian:Harvard Student,Kevin Beard:Klansman at Lynching,Ellen Becker-Gray:Faculty at Harvard Debate,Chad Boldini:Harvard Debate Attendee,Matthew N. Bourgeois:Harvard Scholar,Thomas Cataloni:Sailor,Michael DeMello:Debate Observer,Roger Dillingham Jr.:Upscale Traveler,Sal DiMino:Reporter,Chaz Echols:Wiley College Student,Jaishon Fisher:Newspaper Boy,Jamai Fisher:Kid at Train Station,Steve Flynn:Harvard Dean,Hevin Hampton:Bar Patron,Joel B. Hayden:Harvard Professor,Patrick Mel Hayes:Harvard Alumni,Kenneth Lecompte:Share Cropper and Grocer,Jimmy Lee Jr.:Lyncher,Aqua Lee:Juke Joint Couple,Alex Milne:Shoe Shine Boy,Nefertara Ozella:Extra,Giovanni Pantaleo:Havard Student,Cory Patt:Wiley Student,James Paul:Riot Starter,Jeannie Perrin:Lynching Participant,Todd Poudrier:Radio Tech,Cyndy Powell:Harvard debate audience,Breon Pugh:Wiley Debater,Heath Stewart:Reserve Harvard Debater,Bill Stinchcomb:Lynch Mob,Charles Sutherland:Man at Train Station,Donald Warnock:The Chief Harvard Judge,Crystal Brown-Tatum:Female Teacher

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