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The Great Debaters

We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do

James Farmer Jr.:

We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do

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They must do what they have to do in order to do what they want to do
Duration
9 seconds
Views
908
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:08
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2022
Genres
biography, drama, romance
Production
Marshall Production,The Weinstein Company,Harpo Films

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Movie Summary

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Actors

Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
Denzel Whitaker
School's the only place you can read all day - The Great Debaters 00:06
School's the only place you can read all day
Holding tryouts for the debate team - The Great Debaters 00:13
Holding tryouts for the debate team
Denigrate There's a word for you - The Great Debaters 00:16
Denigrate There's a word for you
Who's the judge - The Great Debaters 00:17
Who's the judge
Take the meanest most restless nigger - The Great Debaters 00:37
Take the meanest most restless nigger
L and every other professor on this campus - The Great Debaters 00:23
L and every other professor on this campus
A brilliant young woman I know - The Great Debaters 00:30
A brilliant young woman I know
A brilliant young woman I know - The Great Debaters 00:58
A brilliant young woman I know
The only thing that matters is that big fish eat little fish - The Great Debaters 00:07
The only thing that matters is that big fish eat little fish
Resolved - The Great Debaters 00:05
Resolved
The state is currently spending five times more - The Great Debaters 00:36
The state is currently spending five times more
You're our best researcher James - The Great Debaters 00:08
You're our best researcher James
I don't want to lose your friendship - The Great Debaters 00:14
I don't want to lose your friendship
Well the fact of the business is William - The Great Debaters 00:19
Well the fact of the business is William
That you have no evidence to arrest Mr Tolson - The Great Debaters 00:10
That you have no evidence to arrest Mr Tolson
Go on and open it and read it - The Great Debaters 00:07
Go on and open it and read it
This debate is stirring up a lot of excitement - The Great Debaters 00:07
This debate is stirring up a lot of excitement
Lowe I got 5 00 - The Great Debaters 00:37
Lowe I got 5 00
You're wrong We can't win without him - The Great Debaters 00:10
You're wrong We can't win without him
Not when Negroes are denied housing - The Great Debaters 00:32
Not when Negroes are denied housing