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Film / 2007
Debate Pela Liberdade
Directed by
Denzel Washington
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Denzel WhitakerJames Farmer Jr.
Denzel WashingtonMelvin B. Tolson
Nate ParkerHenry Lowe
Jurnee Smollett-BellSamantha Booke
Forest WhitakerDr. James Farmer Sr.
Kimberly ElisePearl Farmer
Jermaine WilliamsHamilton Burgess
Gina RaveraRuth Tolson
John HeardSheriff Dozier
Devyn A. TylerHelen Farmer
Trenton McClain BoydNathaniel Farmer
Ritchie MontgomeryDeputy
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Jackson WalkerPig Owner
Tim ParatiPig Farmer
Robert X. GolphinDunbar Reed
Justice LeakHarland Osbourne
Glen PowellHarvard Debater #1
Brad WatkinsHarvard Debater #2
Brian SmiarHarvard Dean
Damien LeakeWilson
Voltaire SterlingPaul Quinn Debater #1
Stephen RiderPaul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon DannielsPaul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny BoazOklahoma City College Debater #1
Samuel Elliott WhisnantOklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie JohnsonDr. Jennings
Charissa AllenBenita
Michael BeasleyTrudell
Gary MathisEnormous Man
George WilsonSamuel
Fahnlohnee R. HarrisClementine
Harold EvansWilliam Taylor
J.D. EvermoreCaptain Wainwright
Sharon JonesLila
Kelvin PaytonJoseph
Southey BlantonWhite Labor Organizer
Michael MattisonWhite Sharecropper #1
Jeff BraunWhite Sharecropper #2
Milton R. GipsonPrairie View Professor
Frank RidleySecurity Guard
Jeremiah KisselRadio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack RadostaWhite Man at Lynching
Alvin Youngblood HartJuke Joint Musician #1
Dom FlemonsJuke Joint Musician #2
Justin RobinsonJuke Joint Musician #3
Rhiannon GiddensJuke Joint Musician #4
Ahmad PowellFisk Professor
Marcus Lyle BrownHoward Debater #1
Gary MattisEnormous Man
Kevin BeardKlansman at Lynching (uncredited)
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