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The Great Debaters: Based On True Story, The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biopic period drama film directed by and starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey and her production company, Harpo Productions. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team 1935 by Tony Scherman for the 1997 Spring issue of American Legacy.

The film co-stars Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Gina Ravera, and Jurnee Smollett. The screenplay was written by Robert Eisele. The film was released in theaters on December 25, 2007. The film was rated PG-13 for “depiction of strong thematic elements including violence and disturbing images, and for language and brief sexuality”.

Based on a true story, the plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) at historically black Wiley College to place his team on equal footing with whites in the American South during the 1930s, when Jim Crow laws were common and lynch mobs were a pervasive fear for blacks. In the movie, the Wiley team eventually succeeds to the point where they are able to debate Harvard University.

Tune in your television to watch one of the best movies called “The best years of my life” airing at 7:00 PM on TCM. The ensemble cast includes Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Hoagy Carmichael. It also features Harold Russell, a U.S. paratrooper who had lost both his hands in a training accident. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an American drama film about three servicemen trying to piece their lives back together after coming home from World War II.

More than six decades later, director William Wyler’s lengthy but magnificent 1946 drama remains an exceptionally telling portrait of the effects of war on ordinary citizens. The movie is also honored with seven Academy Awards including best picture, the film features outstanding performances by Dana Andrews, Fredric March and Harold Russell as veterans struggling to cope with being back home. Never miss the best years of my life on TCM.