Film Critic Hossein Aghababa stated in moviequotesandmore that “The movie (the great debaters) is explicit enough on the issue of racial discrimination.” Throughout The Great Debaters (2007)‚ Denzel Washington illustrates racial discrimination as the main theme. The setting of the movie‚ the nature of the characters‚ and the high stance of education are some of the primary examples that represent the main theme. The film is set around a predominantly black college named Wiley College in Texas 1935
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The Great Debaters is an inspiring true story of the Debate Team consisting of four students and their professor from Wiley College‚ in Marshall‚ Texas. As an all black school‚ Wiley College during the 1930’s trained young minds to believe in themselves and to use their educated minds to change the hearts and minds of society‚ to establish peace‚ and maintain human dignity‚ tolerance and acceptance for all people‚ no matter the color of their skin‚ origin of their birth‚ language they speak‚ or
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The Great Debaters is a drama film based on the story of Melvin B. Tolson; Union Activist‚ Communication and English professor of Wiley College. Tolson had a mediocre vision of transitioning four amateur African Americans into master debaters which would allow them to defeat all other African American debate teams. In 1930‚ Mr. Tolson held tryouts for the debate team. He warned all contestants that only four will be left standing‚ however‚ he reminds them that debate is all about the hotspot in which
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The Great Debaters offers a fictionalized and limited account of the exploits of the award-winning Wiley College debate team headed by Melvin B. Tolson‚ an African-American English professor‚ during the Depression years. Beyond his academic duties‚ Tolson was an accomplished poet‚ journalist and social activist. Before this film was produced‚ very little was generally known about Wiley‚ a small college with only 400 students‚ or its debating team. The team had a remarkable record‚ going 10 straight
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"The Great debaters" This was my second time watching the movie called "The Great debaters‚" but it seemed like it was my first time since the emotional scenes and the profound aspect of the movie left me amazed and inspired once more. All the characters in the movie had their own moment to shine which makes the movie even greater and while watching‚ you always wonder what is coming next. The character I identify with the most is Melvin Tolson‚ the teacher who assembled his debate team members
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Casey Green 1 09/13/11 SPC 100 Section 14 The Great Debaters This film focuses on being a confident and decisive person in life‚ through passionate and informed topics. Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured‚ deliberate manner intended to inform‚ influence‚ or entertain the listeners.¹ After watching this film it does strike a cord of wanting to be able to reach out to others and share my own opinions in a strong‚ confident
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THE GREAT DEBATERS The Great Debaters (2007) - IMDb chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington)‚ a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the Deep South into a historically elite debate team. Summery Plot: Marshall‚ Texas‚ described by James Farmer‚ Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War‚" is home to Wiley College‚ where‚ in 1935-36‚ inspired by the
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4/29/13 English 102.008 The Great Debaters In reviewing the film “The Great Debaters” I found it to be captivating and the elements of the movie made it very relatable to the viewers. With this being a true story I found that it was very easy for me to understand that these young kids really wanted to find themselves and a voice in the process. I found that this film was an earnest drama about the search for self-esteem and sense of responsibility among young black people that successfully relies
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The great debaters – reflection The topics in this movie were debated by The Wiley College debate team. They touched upon many significant concerns with many other good debate teams. The debating topics were all based on worldwide situations and were associated with the entire human race. The very first debate issue was the economic crisis; the matter of unemployment allowance was touched upon to get a point across. Some other issues that were discussed were social welfare. The Wiley Collage expressed
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The Great Debaters The movie Great Debaters was about a debate team from Wiley College in Texas. They were a very good debate team‚ only losing one match before facing and defeating the national champs‚ Harvard University. When they faced Harvard they didn’t have their coach or their best debater‚ but a young boy named James stepped up and defeated the champs. The message of the film to me is‚ if you put your mind to it you can accomplish
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