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The Great Debaters
Director: Denzel Washington
Producers: Oprah Winfrey, Joe Roth, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Writers: Jeffrey Porro, Robert Eisele
Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett
Music: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot
Editor: Hughes Winborne
Release date: December 25, 2007
Running time: 126 min
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $15 million
Gross revenue: $30,236,407
The Great Debaters is a 2007 American drama film. Denzel Washington, the director of the film who plays the role of Melvin Tolson, Wiley College English professor, has won the Academy Award twice. Also, Forest Whitaker is the other African-American playing in this film who has won the Academy Award for best actor in The Last King of Scotland. The film is based on a true story taken from the article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the 1997 spring issue of American Legacy. Wiley College is a black college situated in Marshall, Texas. Melvin Tolson, English professor of the college, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, coaches a debate team in the college. The story takes place in 1935 when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a great fear for blacks.
There are four people in the college team including, Samantha Booke, the first female in the college debate team and James Farmer, a precocious 14 year-old boy. The team, trained well by Tolson, defeats most of the other debate teams from different colleges and enters into the first debate between U.S students from white colleges and black colleges and the winner is Wiley. Having gained a lot of victories, the team is eventually invited to face Harvard University champions. This final debate is another victory for the Wiley College debate team.
The film beautifully portrays the Jim Crow south of America during the 1930s when the blacks were suffering so much from racism and lynch mobs. There are some moving scenes in the movie like the humiliation of a black doctor, James's father, in front of his family over a dead pig or the scene where a black is lynched by a white mob who set his body afire. Although some people may think that these scenes take the focus off of the debating at times, I think they are essential to the film since they help us understand the characters better and the feelings that go into their debate arguments. Black life is all about segregation and discrimination and the audience have to see that black achievement and victory are not easily obtained.
The Great Debaters shows how the black realized that education was the key to their success. Mr. Farmer, James's father, is the first African-American who manages to get a doctorate degree in Texas. He very much wants his son to follow his path and urges him to study hard. Also this emphasis on education and knowledge is seen in the scenes where Mr. Tolson is giving instructions to the debate team. He tells them that the whites have tried to keep their body, and kill their mind. They want to keep them psychologically dependent so that they can never improve and Tolson tells them that his is "trying to help save their righteous mind."
The issues selected for debating are interesting. Long scenes are allotted to the young debaters expounding on school integration, civil disobedience and other big Issues. Although the speeches are prepared by Tolson, at the end we see the success of the team when they are left on their own to prepare themselves for the debate with Harvard.
Tolson's being endangered by working as a covert labor organizer for local farmers and the team being threatened by lynch mobs remind the audience of the volatile politics of the time, when a black man could be attacked for simply owning a suit and a car. This gives the movie a nice political undertone. The climactic debate at the end of the movie is between the Wiley College and Harvard University. However, based on the real story it should be between Wiley and the University of Southern California. This is done deliberately in order to highlight the great achievement of Wiley debate team.
Overall, I think The Great Debaters is an honest look at the 1930s Jim Crow south. It enjoys believable characters with solid acting and invokes emotional reactions in viewers. You can share the feelings of fear, shame, disgust, pride and happiness with the black people especially the debate team. Also this film shows us the great efforts of people who paved the way for civil-rights movement to happen. Tolson, the strong debating teacher, teaches the team members how to stand up for their rights and at the end of the film we learn that James becomes one of the leaders of the civil-rights movement and founds the Congress of Racial Equality. Finally I think that this movie is emotional, educational, and uplifting and arouses our feelings of sympathy for the black people.
Days of our Lives Alum in American Hockey League Event
Drake Hogestyn may be out of NBC’s Days of Our Lives with his character, John Black’s death, but his legacy on the show remains alive and strong. After 21 years as the well-liked and popular Black, it will not be easy for fans of the daytime drama to simply say farewell and forget him.
Next week, Drake Hogestyn will grace an American Hockey League (AHL) game for a special meet and greet with fans of the soap and of the game.
Reflections Tannery, in cooperation with American Airlines and WEEK and News 25, is bringing Drake Hogestyn also known as John Black to the AHL match between the Peoria Rivermen and the San Antonio Rampage. The game is on the bill next Saturday, November 17 at 7pm.
In support of the Peoria Rivermen, its official website is giving away two game tickets each to 25 lucky winners. The winning entries will also be invited to a private Meet and Greet with Days of Our Lives’ Drake Hogestyn before the game. Aside from the exclusive get together with the promo winners at 5:30pm, Hogestyn will have a public autograph signing from 6:30-8:30pm.
Those interested to take part in the event may sign up for the contest at www.rivermen.net/fanzone/win, or they may click on the FANS tab and the John Black – Register to Win link on the website. For those who simply want to enjoy the rugged action of an AHL hockey match, tickets to the game are currently on sale at the Civic Center Box Office, through all TicketMaster locations, on line at www.TicketMaster.com, or charge by phone at (309) 676-8700. Seats are $18, $13, and $10.
This event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fans of the American Hockey League, Peoria Rivermen, Days of Our Lives and most especially Drake Hogestyn to show their continued and enduring support.
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What will the Obama legacy be? I say years from now people will laugh at the memory of the time the American?
people elected an inexperienced black man out of mostly guilt and how fast they realized their mistake....
What say you?
I agree Slick. His legacy will turn out much like the socialist FDR. There are some who will always love him, but the majority will be glad when he is out of office.
We cannot live free with his spending on entitlements, and preferential treatment to his corrupt friends in the unions/ACORN
He will definitely beat Carter when it comes to worst president in recent history.
MR
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