THE GREAT DEBATERS (2007)****

(focus on engagement for equality)

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Contains 16 movie quotes & 36 Academic Words (AWL*).
In a film inspired by a true story of great courage, Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington) is a college debate-team coach in a time and place where "they lynch Negroes." Against all odds, he guides a crew of African American debaters all the way from a small town in Texas to the great halls of Harvard University in a hero's search for the definition of human equality. Dr. James Farmer (Forest Whitaker) is the moral voice of the story and father of the team's youngest debater. This is a must-see movie for anyone wishing to gain a more candid understanding of American culture and history. Rated PG-13 (126 min.) mike laib 2014.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427309/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Debaters

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