The great debaters

DVD 2008

Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.

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African American college teachers Texas Drama

Debates and debating Texas Drama

French language materials

Melodrama

Spanish language materials

Texas Drama

Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) Drama

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ISBN:

1594450277

Description:

1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; strong thematic material including violence and disturbing images, language, and brief sexuality

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007
Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editors, John Breinholt, Hughes Winborne ; music, Peter Golub, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, David J. Bomba
Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn Tyler, Trenton McClain Boyd
DVD; Dolby Digital
For private home use only
English and French language tracks ; Spanish subtitles

Control Number:

708987

UPC:

796019810708

Other Authors:

Black, Todd
Boyd, Trenton McClain
Eisele, Robert, 1948-
Elise, Kimberly, 1971-
Forte, Kate
Heard, John, 1946-2017
Parker, Nate, 1979-
Porro, Jeffrey
Ravera, Gina
Roth, Joe, 1948-
Smollett-Bell, Jurnee, 1986-
Tyler, Devyn
Washington, Denzel, 1954-
Whitaker, Denzel, 1990-
Whitaker, Forest
Williams, Jermaine, 1982-
Winfrey, Oprah

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