The Great Debaters

The movie that had the blacks and whites working together, the movie that had the blacks rise to the occasion.
Samantha Booke (Jurnee Smollett) a young female leaves her family to go to Wiley College in Texas and finds herself joining the debate club to be the first girl. Samantha Booke joins her class mates Henry Lowe (Nate Parker), James Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker), Hamilton Burgess (Jermaine Williams) and of course he debate teacher Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington). As they go through go a undefeated season of debates the team not only goes through problems between themselves they also go through family and political issues. During the season Mr. Tolson had been sending letters to the most prestige white college; Havard University, saying they would like to debate, and Havard accepts their challenge. During the debate Samantha and James Jr. are scared and nervous but with all their hard work they win the trophy and earn a huge rep for their school. The now famous Whiley College.