The Great Debate tells the inspiring true story of debate coach, Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) who has led his Wiley College debate team to a near undefeated season. After Tolson’s team takes part in the first college debate between black and white colleges in the US, the team is invited to take on the reigning national debate champions from Harvard University. Justice, race and gender are all taken on in this powerful film that continues to ask if an unjust law is any law at all.

The Great Debate tells the inspiring true story of debate coach, Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) who has led his Wiley College debate team to a near undefeated season. After Tolson’s team takes part in the first college debate between black and white colleges in the US, the team is invited to take on the reigning national debate champions from Harvard University. Justice, race and gender are all taken on in this powerful film that continues to ask if an unjust law is any law at all.

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