The Great Debaters

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American film drama film film

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American drama film, produced by Oprah Winfrey and starring Denzel Washington, that chronicles the true story of a pioneering African American college debate team in the 1930s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived NAACP Image Award ⓘ
surface form: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
basedOn the life of Melvin B. Tolson ⓘ
the story of the Wiley College debate team ⓘ
cinematographyBy Philippe Rousselot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsActivity college debating ⓘ
depictsOrganization Wiley College ⓘ
depictsTheme civil rights ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
director Denzel Washington ⓘ
distributedBy The Weinstein Company ⓘ
editedBy Hughes Winborne ⓘ
featuresCharacterBasedOn James Farmer ⓘ
surface form: James Farmer Jr.

Melvin B. Tolson ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Henry Lowe ⓘ
James Farmer ⓘ
surface form: James Farmer Jr.

Melvin B. Tolson ⓘ
Samantha Booke ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy James Newton Howard ⓘ
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
producer Kate Forte ⓘ
Oprah Winfrey ⓘ
Todd Black ⓘ
productionCompany Harpo Films ⓘ
The Weinstein Company ⓘ
releaseDate December 25, 2007 ⓘ
releaseYear 2007 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 126 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Jeffrey Porro ⓘ
Robert Eisele ⓘ
setInLocation Marshall, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
starring Denzel Washington ⓘ
Denzel Whitaker ⓘ
Forest Whitaker ⓘ
Jermaine Williams ⓘ
Jurnee Smollett-Bell ⓘ
surface form: Jurnee Smollett

Kimberly Elise ⓘ
Nate Parker ⓘ
subject African American college debate team ⓘ

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Denzel Washington → directed → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Nate Parker → notableWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Nate Parker → starredIn → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Wiley College → inspiredWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Sharen Davis → notableWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Todd Black → notableWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Jon Kilik → notableWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Roger Aaron Brown → notableWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Stanley Kramer Award → hasNotableRecipient → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Jurnee Smollett-Bell → notableWork → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Glen Powell → appearedIn → The Great Debaters ⓘ
Melvin B. Tolson → subjectOf → The Great Debaters ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "The Great Debaters"