The Great Debaters Essay

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The Great Debaters, Directed by Denzil Washington The major cast includes Denzil Washington(Melvin), Forest Whitaker(Dr.James), Denzil Whitaker(Jamesfarmer), Jurnee smollett(Samantha) and Nate Parker(Henry Lowe). Basically the movie is all about a professor Melvin(Denzil Washington) whose mission was to train a nigro debater team to compete with other colleges in debate competitions. This movie is shooted in 1930s when racial conflict was at its peak. This shows the scene when Dr James hits accidently to a wild pig which belongs to white people, and was charged and humilatd by them. Melvin was secretly helding the meetings between poor white and black peoples to unite them due to which an incident happened during a meeting in which they were attacked by the sheriff and his crew. The major events of this movie includes preparations to compete in the debate competitions and minor event includes the racial conflicts. Their main mission was to be selected by Harvard university for debate and won a prize, but they were afraid to compete because they were black.mr. Melvin had a great faith in them that they can achieve this whole thing. To achieve …show more content…

Firstly, the first black women who participated in the debating competition. It is the biggest motivation for the women to stand by themselves and biggest opportunity for them to compete with men. secondly, they beat up the most talented students from the world’s best university. This means, it does’nt matters from which institution you have studied from, only your knowledge and hardwork helps you to succeed. Next, the boy James farmer(Denzil Whitaker) aged only 14 is their main researcher and debater who debated at a very huge platform.. This should encourage the youth to seek their talent by themselves. Lastly, to finish the racism between white’s and blacks crucial steps should be performed by the organizations to increase the equality among all the

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