The Great Debaters (2007)
Directed by Denzel Washington
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.
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The film’s breakout, though, is Jurnee Smollett-Bell ( The Great Debaters , 2007) as Black Canary.
The pair get some unexpected help from one of Sionis' employees, Dinah Lance (played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell of “The Great Debaters”).
In the current century, through his middle years, Washington has mixed it up smartly, balancing the good-guy inspirational parts (The Great Debaters, Remember the Titans), against those complicated anti-hero roles – American Gangster, Man on Fire, Safe House and Flight.
A Denzel Washington movie hasn’t had an opening weekend with less than a $20 million take since 2007’s “The Great Debaters.”