The movie, which is based on a true story takes place on the campus of Wiley College – a small, all-black university located in Texas – during 1935. It is a segregated community, and Negroes are in danger when traveling alone.
A professor at Wiley College, Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) was a fiery soul who challenged his gifted students by forming a debate squad looking to take on all comers. Selecting a group of his brightest undergraduates (including Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, and Nate Parker), Tolson takes his squad around the country, coaching the debate newcomers to frequent victory. With racial tension boiling over, Tolson's dangerous side work as a sharecropper union organizer (and alleged communist), and the students' own conflicts of the heart and home (embodied by Forest Whitaker), the squad must place their differences aside and prepare for the ultimate test: a debate with Harvard, broadcast nationwide on the radio.
Director: Denzel Washington
Cast: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise
Country: USA
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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