The Great Debaters was directed by Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey. Throughout their exceptional careers‚ Denzel and Oprah have starred in a number of roles that has inspired people and raised awareness to the important events that was witnessed in the past. Looking back on this‚ it can be inferred that they created this film in order to showcase the many problems that was occurring in our country at the time and to help inspire people by showing them that you can achieve anything
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A Narrative Analysis of the Film The Great Debaters and its Relationship to the Urban Debate League Movement A Senior Project Presented to The Faculty of the Communication Studies Department California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Arts By Nicholas J. Carrasco Chris Skiles Senior Project Advisor Signature Date Signature Date Dr. Bernard Duffy Department Chair © Nicholas J. Carrasco 1 Table of Contents
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within a society‚ I came across The Great Debaters. The Great Debaters was an inspiring movie that exemplified struggle as well as determination to overcome challenges placed by ignorant and closed minded individuals. It is a motivational movie that proves that anything is possible. What mainly interested me to this movie is the fact that just because one is viewed as less than others‚ change is always possible through hard work. Summary: The Great Debaters is a movie that involves the harsh
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Michelle Okonma ENG4U Ms. Wilhelmina Amansec 07‚ February 2013 Response Journal on The Great Debaters Quotation: “When I was a child‚ I spoke as a child‚ I understood like a child‚ I thought as a child‚ but when I became a man‚ I put away childish ways” Why‚ do you think‚ he chose this verse? Dr. James Farmer‚ a renowned educationist quoted the scripture 1 Corinthians 13:11 at the beginning of the movie‚ when he was addressing the freshmen of
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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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Field of Dreams. All of the elements flowed perfectly together from the set designs to the lighting‚ sound‚ cinematography‚ the style of acting and the theme. Field of Dreams will have a different impact on each viewer‚ but that is what makes it a great movie. It allows viewers to pursue a dream‚ have faith that things can and will work out‚ follow your heart‚ never too late for second chances‚ and reminds us how blessed we are. Field of Dreams is a magical‚ inspiring movie for all who love baseball
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also the collective attitude we have towards believing in an individuals’ dreams. When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career‚ Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim’s team‚ The Owls‚ know their coach is a great ball player and thus make a deal with him: if they win the district championship they want him to try out for a major-league team. Going from worst to first‚ the team makes it to state and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal.
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differences between the film‚ The Great Debaters and the novel‚ The Secret Life of Bees. Their context both explore the issues of discrimination and prejudice towards African Americans in the 20th century. Both film and novel are set in the South during the times of segregation‚ where Black people and White people lived separately from one another. This is primarily due to the Jim Crow laws which enforced segregation between Blacks and Whites. The Great Debaters is set in the 1930’s when no one challenged
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Samantha Booke: Resolved: The Negroes should be admitted to state universities. My partner and I will prove that blocking a Negros’s admission to a state university is not only wrong‚ it is absurd. The Negro people are not just the color in the American fabric. They are the thread that holds that all together. Consider the legal and historical record. May 13‚ 1865‚ Sergeant Crocker‚ a Negro is the last soldier to die in the Civil War. In 1918 the first US soldiers decorated for bravery in France
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The Great Debaters is an intriguing film set in the 1930s about a professor that goes by the name of Melvin Tolson who teaches students from Wiley College‚ in Texas‚ the fundamentals of debating. During this day in age‚ if an African American didn’t “stay in their place” they would be ridiculed for such insane behavior. One can only imagine how difficult it must have been for them to get through a debate without caring if they had crossed the line on a touchy subject. But through it all this debate
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