TY  - ADVS
AU  - Washington,Denzel
AU  - Whitaker,Forest
AU  - Parker,Nate
AU  - Smollett,Jurnee
TI  - The great debaters
AV  - PN1997.2 .G743 2008b
U1  - 791.43/72 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Weinstein Company
KW  - Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.)
KW  - Drama
KW  - Debates and debating
KW  - African American college students
KW  - Texas
KW  - African American college teachers
KW  - Historical films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Feature films
N1  - Originally released as a motion picture in 2007; Features: deleted scenes, "The great debaters : an historical perspective," music videos, trailers, "The great debaters : a heritage of music" featurette about scoring the "The great debaters" with James Newton Howard and Peter Golub, "Learning the art : our young actors go to debate camp," Forest Whitaker on becoming James Farmer, Sr., A new generation of actors, The 1930's wardrobe of Sharen Davis, The production design of David J. Bomba, The poetry of Melvin B. Tolson; Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker; MPAA rating: PG-13
N2  - Wiley College professor Melvin Tolson encourages his African American students to push aside the prejudices of 1930's Texas to become a winning debate team
ER  -