When the nation was in need, he inspired them to give us hope.
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
$15,000,000
$30,226,144
December 25, 2007
Marshall Production, The Weinstein Company
50 people
Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
Acting
Denzel Washington
Melvin B. Tolson
Acting
Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
Acting
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Samantha Booke
Acting
Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
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Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
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Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
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Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
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John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
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Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
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Trenton McClain Boyd
Nathaniel Farmer
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Ritchie Montgomery
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