El Gran Debate

Título original: The Great Debaters

2007
PG-13
2h 6min

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Denzel Washington in El Gran Debate (2007)

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Un drama basado en la historia real de Melvin B. Tolson, profesor del Wiley College de Texas. En 1935, inspiró a los estudiantes a formar el primer equipo de debate de la escuela, que más ta... Leer todoUn drama basado en la historia real de Melvin B. Tolson, profesor del Wiley College de Texas. En 1935, inspiró a los estudiantes a formar el primer equipo de debate de la escuela, que más tarde desafió a Harvard por el campeonato nacional.Un drama basado en la historia real de Melvin B. Tolson, profesor del Wiley College de Texas. En 1935, inspiró a los estudiantes a formar el primer equipo de debate de la escuela, que más tarde desafió a Harvard por el campeonato nacional.

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Premios
- 10 premios ganados y 10 nominaciones en total

Trivia
On December 19, 2007, Denzel Washington announced a $1 million dollar gift to Wiley College, so they could re-establish their debate team.

Errores
When Samantha is participating in her first debate at Oklahoma City, she mentions World War I in her argument. In 1935, this war would have been referred to as the "Great War", since a World War II had not yet occurred.

Citas
James Farmer Jr.: In Texas they lynch Negroes. My teammates and I saw a man strung up by his neck and set on fire. We drove through a lynch mob, pressed our faces against the floorboard. I looked at my teammates. I saw the fear in their eyes and, worse, the shame. What was this Negro's crime that he should be hung without trial in a dark forest filled with fog. Was he a thief? Was he a killer? Or just a Negro? Was he a sharecropper? A preacher? Were his children waiting up for him? And who are we to just lie there and do nothing. No matter what he did, the mob was the criminal. But the law did nothing. Just left us wondering, "Why?" My opponent says nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral. But there is no rule of law in the Jim Crow south. Not when Negroes are denied housing. Turned away from schools, hospitals. And not when we are lynched. St Augustine said, "An unjust law in no law at all.' Which means I have a right, even a duty to resist. With violence or civil disobedience. You should pray I choose the latter.

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: National Treasure: Book of Secrets/P.S., I Love You/Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story/Charlie Wilson's War/The Great Debaters (2007)

Bandas sonoras
My Soul is a Witness
Performed by Alvin Youngblood Hart & Sharon Jones
Produced by G. Marq Roswell
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Arranged by Alvin Youngblood Hart, Sharon Jones & G. Marq Roswell

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8/10

Elucidating entertainment

THE GREAT DEBATERS is a movie-going treat, with young people exemplifying truth, respect, pride and dignity. In an entertaining way, with some preaching, this movie shows four African-American debaters succeeding in the face of adversity, growing stronger with success AND defeat. Their debates are lively and thought provoking.

However, before, during and after these contests, other serious and complicated issues are revealed. Two of these issues deal with a confrontation on the road between two farmers and a minister, and a lynching in the middle of the night. Both are reflections of the time, unsettling and disturbing to those in the movie and in the audience.

This is not family entertainment, nor is it mindless entertainment. It has no gratuitous sex, but there is a hint of romance. It is fast paced, but the action is verbal not physical. THE GREAT DEBATERS lives up to its name in that it has something for everyone, and not everyone will like it. I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a quality film that will be debated by all who see it!