The great debaters
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The great debaters
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The work The great debaters represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- The great debaters
- Statement of responsibility
- the Weinstein Company presents a Harpo Films production ; produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Joe Roth, Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey ; story by Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro ; screenplay by Robert Eisele ; directed by Denzel Washington
- Contributor
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- Winborne, Hughes
- Weinstein Company
- Winfrey, Oprah
- Black, Todd
- Harpo Films
- Boyd, Trenton McClain
- Breinholt, John, film editor
- Crockett, David
- Eisele, Robert, 1948-
- Elise, Kimberly, 1971-
- Forte, Kate
- Golub, Peter
- Heard, John, 1946-2017
- Howard, James Newton
- Parker, Nate, 1979-
- Porro, Jeffrey
- Ravera, Gina
- Roth, Joe, 1948-
- Rousselot, Philippe, 1945-
- Smollett-Bell, Jurnee, 1986-
- Tyler, Devyn
- Washington, Denzel, 1954-
- Weinstein, Bob, 1953-
- Weinstein, Harvey, 1952-
- Whitaker, Denzel, 1990-
- Whitaker, Forest
- Williams, Jermaine, 1982-
- Subject
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- Feature films
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Fiction films
- Film adaptations
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Films for the hearing impaired
- French language materials -- Bilingual
- Historical films
- Historical films
- Historical films
- Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
- Melodrama
- Melodrama
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Racism
- Racism -- Drama
- Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
- Texas
- Texas -- Drama
- Texas -- Drama
- Tolson, Melvin B, 1898-1966 -- Freedom of debate -- Film adaptations
- Tolson, Melvin B, 1900-1966
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.)
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) -- Drama
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) -- Drama
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) -- Drama
- Wiley College (Marshall, Tex.) -- Freedom of debate -- Film adaptations
- Melodrama
- African American college students
- African American college students -- Texas -- Drama
- African American college students -- Texas -- Drama
- African American college teachers
- African American college teachers -- Texas -- Drama
- African American college teachers -- Texas -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Biographical films
- Debates and debating
- Debates and debating -- Texas -- Drama
- Debates and debating -- Texas -- Drama
- Drama
- Feature films
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- eng
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
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- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007
- Director of photography, Philippe Rousselot ; editors, John Breinholt, Hughes Winborne ; music, Peter Golub, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, David J. Bomba ; art direction, John R. Jensen ; set decoration, Patrick Cassidy ; executive producers, David Crockett, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/editorofamovingimagework
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- yjKdH0o6TDA
- 6MUPaNJRYS0
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: PG-13; strong thematic material including violence and disturbing images, language, and brief sexuality
- Language note
- English with dubbed French; subtitles in English (for deaf and hard of hearing) and Spanish
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.M45
- LC item number
- G7438 2008
- PerformerNote
- Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard, Kimberly Elise, Devyn Tyler, Trenton McClain Boyd
- Runtime
- 124
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
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