The Great Debaters DVD 2007 Die Macht der Worte / Directed by Denzel Washington / Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett / Produced by Oprah Winfrey

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REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN GERMANY

AUDIO: German 2.0, English 2.0, German 5.1, English 5.1

SUBTITLES: -  

Total Runtime: 112 + 111 MINUTE extras

!!!  CONDITION OF DVD is Used Like New !!!   Watched it once !!!

English Summary:

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the spring 1997 issue of American Legacy.

The film co-stars Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, Gina Ravera, Jermaine Williams and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay is by Robert Eisele, with a story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro. The film was released in theaters on December 25, 2007

Based on a true story, the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at Wiley College, a historically black college related to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now The United Methodist Church), to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a fear for blacks. The Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University They actually beat the University of Southern California in the real world, the current reigning champions at the time. This was their 47th annual debate team.

German Summary:

Das Wiley College in Texas während der 1930er-Jahre: Der ganze Ehrgeiz des schwarzen Professors Melvin B. Tolson ist es, seine sprachgewaltigen afroamerikanischen Schüler am nationalen Debattier-Wettbewerb in Harvard teilnehmen zu lassen. Rekonstruktion tatsächlicher Ereignisse, die einen Meilenstein in der Geschichte der schwarzen Bürgerrechtsbewegung darstellen und das Erstarken schwarzen Selbstbewusstseins manifestieren. Ein zwangsläufig wortlastiger, formal nicht rundum gelungener Film, getragen von starkem Sendungs- und Geschichtsbewusstsein.

Cast / Besetzung

• Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson
• Forest Whitaker as James L. Farmer, Sr.
• Denzel Whitaker as James L. Farmer, Jr.
• Nate Parker as Henry Lowe
• Jurnee Smollett as Samantha Booke
• Jermaine Williams as Hamilton Burgess
• Gina Ravera as Ruth Tolson
• John Heard as Sheriff Dozier
• Kimberly Elise as Pearl Farmer
• Devyn A. Tyler as Helen Farmer
• Trenton McClain Boyd as Nathaniel Farmer
• Jackson Walker as Pig Owner
• Tim Parati as Pig Farmer
• Justice Leak as Harland Osbourne
• Robert X. Golphin as Dunbar Reed
• Damien Leake as Wilson
• Frank L. Ridley as Security Guard