in Global Context In the inspirational film The Great Debaters‚ Denzel Washington played a college professor‚ who established a debate team. The team consisted of four African American students all who studied at Wiley College‚ where Tolson worked. Professor Tolson’s role in the film was significant and he made a positive impact on each characters life in the film. Of all characters the bond between Ms. Samantha Booke‚ one of the debaters resonated with me. Professor Tolson did many things to
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Remember the Titans and The Great Debaters. Although the movies are drowned in similarities‚ they also have a few minor differences. The movies of two different eras of history. Remember the Titans centers around an integrated high school football team in Virginia in the Mid 1970’s. The team has learn how to come together as not only a team but a brotherhood in order to overcome the horrible reality of the 1970’s. The Great Debaters takes place in Texas during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Three
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2010 Higher Education The Great Debaters brings viewers back to a time in American history where the discrimination between races was a very hot issue. The Great Debaters illustrated the black experience‚ by depicting the many challenges blacks were faced with in their daily struggles. In this film discrimination was a key element‚ and it was through debates that‚ the black community expressed their grievances indirectly in the 1930s. The Great Debaters is based on a true story. In Texas
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The Great Debaters Eric Ashlee In the movie “The Great Debaters” we are shown a community of African Americans being segregated and oppressed‚ and the way they deal with this differs between individual‚ for example James farmer Jr. is a young 14 year old boy who is oppressed due to his age and his pigment and throughout the movie we are shown how he effectively deals with this oppression. James Farmer Jr. wants to prove himself to his coach‚ his team‚ and his family. He feels he is not being
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Cheyenne Briner English 12A Mrs. Schuetz 28 November 2012 Valuable Lessons The movie‚ The Great Debators starring Denzel Washington‚ was about a black debate team traveling from city to city and/or town to town to compete with other debate teams. It took place in Marshall‚ Texas‚ home to Wiley College‚ where‚ in 1935-36‚ Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated season that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an
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The Great Debaters”‚ a movie drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson a professor at Wiley College located in Marshall Texas‚ in 1935 he inspired the student body to form the schools 1stdebate team‚ which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. The movie has an academy award-winning cast‚ consisting of Denzel Washington playing the lead role of Melvin B. Tolson; Forrest Whittaker‚ who plays the stern father in the character of Dr. James Farmer Sr.; his son‚ a debate team
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The Great Debaters The Great Debater is an entertaining educational‚ thought-provoking and inspiring story of self-actualization‚ self-reliance and triumph‚ of the underdogs beating all odds to win the national championship despite the obstacles they face. This movie is a Dramatic Fiction‚ reflecting the challenges of racism. It certainly speaks to an audience of not just adults but teenagers too. I was drawn to this movie because I like Denzel Washington he plays the character Melven Tolson:
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Academic Movie Writing The name of the movie is “The Great Debaters”. The director is Denzel Washington. The writing credits are Robert Eisele (screen play)‚ Jeffrey Pora and Tony Scherman. The main stars of the movie are Denzel Washington‚ Forest Whitaker‚ Nate Parker‚ Jurnee Smollett‚ Denzel Whitaker‚ John Heard‚ and Kimberly Elise. The length of the movie is 124 minutes. The audio of the movie is Dolby Digital 5.1. The video of this movie is Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1. The One part of the
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Alicea Terry Speech 102 Professor Saunders The Great Debaters: Thesis Paper Due: July 22nd 2008 The Miss Education of the African –American: Past‚ Present‚ and Future From the beginning‚ Whites’ in America have exploited Negros’. “Upon landing in Africa‚ White Americans were welcomed and given a feast (James W. Loewen)”. Whites Americans played on the greed of tribal chiefs’ Africans traded their own people into slavery for goods. When the true nature of the White American was realized
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Featured film 127 Hours and the Communication Within it Interpersonal communication November 20‚ 2012 Featured film 127 Hours and the Communication Within it 127 Hours is a movie about a true story of a man’s struggle to stay alive. This movie depicts that of mostly interpersonal communication‚ with some oral communication and a small amount of nonverbal communication. The Wall Street Journal says‚ “The story is one of survival through almost unthinkable self-mutilation‚ but the subject
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