The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters

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20072h 6min

Cast

  • Denzel Whitaker

    James Farmer Jr.

  • Denzel Washington

    Melvin B. Tolson

  • Nate Parker

    Henry Lowe

  • Jurnee Smollett

    Samantha Booke

  • Forest Whitaker

    Dr. James Farmer Sr.

  • Kimberly Elise

    Pearl Farmer

  • Jermaine Williams

    Hamilton Burgess

  • Gina Ravera

    Ruth Tolson

  • John Heard

    Sheriff Dozier

  • 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 Mathis

    Enormous Man

  • George Wilson

    Samuel

  • Fahnlohnee R. Harris

    Clementine

  • Harold Evans

    William Taylor

  • J.D. 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

  • 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

  • Marcus Lyle Brown

    Howard Debater #1

  • Gary Mattis

    Enormous Man

  • Kevin Beard

    Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)

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