Overview

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.

Cast

Denzel Whitaker

James Farmer Jr.

Denzel Washington

Melvin B. Tolson

Nate Parker

Henry Lowe

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Samantha Booke

Forest Whitaker

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Kimberly Elise

Pearl Farmer

Jermaine Williams

Hamilton Burgess