A moving, if largely by the numbers, account of a debate team at an HBC in the South rising to national recognition in the 1930s. I'd rather see a film about the history of black intellectualism and the middle class, something the film only touches on briefly.
This review of The Great Debaters (2007) was written by Jessica H on 21 Mar 2012.
The Great Debaters has generally received positive reviews.
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