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The Great Debaters

Name: The Great Debaters
Director: Denzel Washington
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-12-25
Cast: Denzel Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Forest Whitaker

Drama

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.

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Denzel WhitakerDenzel WashingtonNate ParkerJurnee SmollettForest WhitakerKimberly EliseJermaine WilliamsGina RaveraJohn HeardDevyn A. TylerTrenton McClain BoydRitchie Montgomery

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Denzel Washington

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