The Great Debaters
| Year | 2007 |
| Starring | Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker |
| Director(s) | Denzel Washington |
| Rating | PG-13 |
| Genre(s) | Biography, Drama |
| Runtime | 126 min |
In the mid-1930s, small town Marshall, Texas, is still fighting racial tension and segregation. At one forward-thinking university, however, professor Melvin Tolson isn’t going to let the social decrees of the day keep him from teaching his students–no matter the color of their skin–to be the best debate team in the country.