Jan
21
2008

The Great Debaters

Apparently in the 1930s, black people in the southern US weren’t liked all that much by the whiteys. Hard to believe isn’t it? Thankfully they’ve come a long way since then. They have, right?? The Great Debaters is based on the true story of Wiley College in Texas, a school for black people, which was the first to take part in a debate against a white college.

The Great Debaters

It’s a nice story and there are some very good performances, particularly from Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker as you’d expect. It tries to be an inspirational and emotional tale but to me it felt like a poor version of Dead Poet’s Society. 5 crumbs out of 10.

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