2007-12-25 Drama, 2h 6m
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.
2007-12-25 Drama, 2h 6m
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.
James Farmer Jr.
Melvin B. Tolson
Henry Lowe
Samantha Booke
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Pearl Farmer
Hamilton Burgess
Ruth Tolson
Sheriff Dozier
Helen Farmer
Nathaniel Farmer
Deputy
Pig Owner
Pig Farmer
Dunbar Reed
Harland Osbourne
Harvard Debater #1
Harvard Debater #2
Harvard Dean
Wilson
Paul Quinn Debater #1
Paul Quinn Debater #2
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Dr. Jennings
Benita
Trudell
Enormous Man
Samuel
Clementine
William Taylor
Captain Wainwright
Lila
Joseph
White Labor Organizer
White Sharecropper #1
White Sharecropper #2
Prairie View Professor
Security Guard
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
White Man at Lynching
Juke Joint Musician #1
Juke Joint Musician #2
Juke Joint Musician #3
Juke Joint Musician #4
Fisk Professor
Howard Debater #1
Enormous Man
Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue$30,226,144
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