The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters is a movie that directed by Denzel Washington in 2007. This story is based on a article about Willey College debate team by Tony Scherman for the 1997 spring issue of American Legacy. 

This story is begin with Melvin B. Tolson who a teacher at the Willey College that had inspired his students to join the debate team. In this story, it shows about the history about the conflict between black people and white people in America. The climax of this story is when Willey College is able to debate with Harvard University.

In my point of view, this story really gives knowledge to audience especially in debate’s skill. From that story it shown how they build a team from people who did not have a skill in debate can conquer and know the skill of debate well. Then, in this story we can see all the members in the debate team have morale high. When they want to compete with Harvard University, at first their coach Melvin B. Tolson did not follow them to Harvard and make all the members down. But with the high spirit they manage to win the competition.

In conclusion, this story is suitable especially for those who involve in debate. In Critical Literacy subject in help in mock debate for Jack the Ripper cases and for Viva presentation.