Preview of the Great Debators

The Great Debaters is a movie that is being directed and starring Denzel Washington. One of the large producers for this movie is Oprah Winfrey's Harpo productions. This will be Denzel Washington's second directorial job. That is why both Oprah and Denzel will be doing a lot of marketing over the coming month's to promote the new movie. Denzel will play the role of Melvin B. Tolson who the movie is about. If you did not already know this movie is based on a true story about an English professor back in 1935 who was the coach for a very small all black debate team. Tolson was a professor at Wiley College in Texas. The movie is definitely starring some very top names such as Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker and Jurnee Smolett, to name just a few of the very talented actors starring in this movie. The movie is basically about kids who have very bid dreams and the debate team is exactly what they need to help them make the steps to achieve their goals. The team went on to make history as a top debate team. This story was written by Robert Eisele, and Suzan-Lori Parks.

Obviously this is another heart warming true story that is sure to have a good beginning and a great ending. Of course there is no guarantee that everyone will like the movie, but the movie screening which was held on October 18th definitely got some great reviews. The actors in the movie actually had to do some serious training in order to be able to truly portray a debate team. The movie is due to hit theaters on December 25th following a very large promotional tour. Of course there are some that think true stories like this often don't do very well at the box office. Some however do very well and this movie may be one of them. So all of you Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington fans should really get ready for a great movie. As everyone knows Denzel always beings his characters to life in his movies and this one is definitely no different. It is also a movie that helps you to understand what African American kids had to deal with in the 1930's. There also really seems to be no end to what Oprah is capable of doing and how many projects she is currently involved in. To date the majority of the movies that she has backed have all been at the top of the list. So if you are thinking about what good movies you will be able to go see now that it is starting to get cold outside make sure that you add The Great Debators to your list.