The movie the great debaters is based on a true story about a debate coach Melvin Tolson played by two time academy award winner Denzel Washington. The Story took place in the 1930's where lynching and unequal rights was widely practiced mainly in the south. He wanted to prove to the world that Blacks were smart too and to inspire his people and get them equal opportunity as the Whites. He fought against the odds eventhough the odds of his team making it was very very slim to none, he was stubborn and he casted a girl to be apart of the Wiley College debate team , eventhough white women had couple of years before got the right to vote, did not mean that the country was ready to free the black man from slavery yet alone give their women the right to voice their opinion publicly. I personally enjoyed this movie because it took me back to the era of slavery. I know there are a lot of films that touch upon this subject but there is no hope for the people involved. My favorite scene is the scene where they debate Harvard University and the most commonly repeated phrase being "A law that is unjust is n law at all", basically saying that each and every individual have got to have the same amount of right and freedom to explore what they like. They ended up wining the debate and they won twelve more debates following their first win. The main point of the film was to show all the hard things that colored folks have over come and all the progress that has been made. There were some high key lighting emphasizing on some of the highlights of the movie and low key lighting showing more dark tone tone with the unjust that was happening. A lot has changed from that period of time but there is a long way to go to over come racial tension and ensuring that everyone gets the justice they deserve.Thursday, October 30, 2008
The movie the great debaters is based on a true story about a debate coach Melvin Tolson played by two time academy award winner Denzel Washington. The Story took place in the 1930's where lynching and unequal rights was widely practiced mainly in the south. He wanted to prove to the world that Blacks were smart too and to inspire his people and get them equal opportunity as the Whites. He fought against the odds eventhough the odds of his team making it was very very slim to none, he was stubborn and he casted a girl to be apart of the Wiley College debate team , eventhough white women had couple of years before got the right to vote, did not mean that the country was ready to free the black man from slavery yet alone give their women the right to voice their opinion publicly. I personally enjoyed this movie because it took me back to the era of slavery. I know there are a lot of films that touch upon this subject but there is no hope for the people involved. My favorite scene is the scene where they debate Harvard University and the most commonly repeated phrase being "A law that is unjust is n law at all", basically saying that each and every individual have got to have the same amount of right and freedom to explore what they like. They ended up wining the debate and they won twelve more debates following their first win. The main point of the film was to show all the hard things that colored folks have over come and all the progress that has been made. There were some high key lighting emphasizing on some of the highlights of the movie and low key lighting showing more dark tone tone with the unjust that was happening. A lot has changed from that period of time but there is a long way to go to over come racial tension and ensuring that everyone gets the justice they deserve.
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wow this sound very intersting i sure like to see this movie you also described this movie well.
Wow this sounds like an amazing movie. I have always wanted to see it I just haven't had the time or energy to do so. School just takes so much out of me and I don't want to watch a movie thats kind of like school anyways. But maybe one of these days I will get around to it. I love watching movies where people go from having nothing to raising the occasion and getting everything they have always wanted. There is something that makes me feel all good in side when I see a story like this. Maybe because they show that anything is possible if you just put your mind to it. I don't know but I just love them.
Anyways I should get to bed since I just got home from school. Seriously I never want to go back to school after tonight. I have never spent so much time there in my life. Anyways before I get into to many details. See you tomorrow.
hey Amina i agree i think Danzel Washington is the perfect pick for this movie. it deals with alot with racism and issues relating to that. i would recomend everybody to watch this movie.
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