The Great Debaters
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Movies/TV › Feature Film Drama
UPC: 796019810708 / Publisher: Lionsgate, June 2013
Wiley College professor Melvin Tolson encourages his African American students to push aside the prejudices of 1930's Texas to become a winning debate team.
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Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a debate team coach who shapes a group of underdog students from a small African American college into a historically elite debate team.
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