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.
Denzel Washington | Melvin B. Tolson |
Jurnee Smollett | Samantha Booke |
Nate Parker | Henry Lowe |
Forest Whitaker | Dr. James Farmer Sr. |
Denzel Whitaker | James Farmer Jr. |
Kimberly Elise | Pearl Farmer |
Jermaine Williams | Hamilton Burgess |
Gina Ravera | Ruth Tolson |
John Heard | Sheriff Dozier |
Devyn A. Tyler | Helen Farmer (as Devyn Tyler) |
Trenton McClain Boyd | Nathaniel Farmer |
Ritchie Montgomery | Deputy |