Debate Movies

June 8, 2008

  • Resolved Documentary on HBO

    Resolved, the high school debate documentary that won the Audience Award at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, will be shown on HBO in June as part of the HBO Documentary Films Series.
    Monday, June 16, 8:00pm CDT
    Tuesday, June 17, 11:45pm CDT
    Thursday, June 19, 7:30pm CDT
    Saturday, June 21, 1:30pm CDT
    Tuesday, June 24, 10:00am CDT
    Sunday, June 29, [...]

April 15, 2008

  • The Great Debaters on DVD

    The Great Debaters will be released on DVD on May 13. In addition to the regular DVD, there is a special collector’s edition.

January 29, 2008

  • Rocket Science DVD Released

    The debate movie Rocket Science comes out on DVD today.

    Order Rocket Science from Amazon.com.
    Add Rocket Science to your Neflix queue.

January 7, 2008

  • A Challenge For Higher Education

    Timothy O’Donnell, the Director of Debate at the University of Mary Washington, has written a fascinating essay about why The Great Debaters demonstrates the need to expand debate education in America. Here is just a snippet:
    A few years ago, John E. Sexton, president of New York University, said that his four years in high school [...]

December 24, 2007

  • Music Selection For The Great Debaters

    National Public Radio’s “Day to Day” has a feature about how the music was selected for The Great Debaters. Denzel Washington has over 9,000 CDs. Wow.
    The Great Debaters soundtrack is available for purchase.

December 22, 2007

  • More Great Debaters News

    As we get closer to the the theatrical release of The Great Debaters on Christmas Day, the buzz and criticism of the film has ramped up.

    Denzel Washington Sees Connection Between Rap and Debate. This will have some people in the debate community excited.
    Debating All The Way To The Big Screen. “According to James Farmer, Tolson’s drive to [...]

December 20, 2007

  • History in Focus: The Great Debaters

    Beginning tonight, The History Channel’s History in Focus will be examining the issues raised in the film:
    Historical perspective and insight is given to new theatrical film The Great Debaters, a drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, (Denzel Washington), a professor at Texas’ Wiley College. In 1935, he inspired the school’s debate [...]

December 13, 2007

  • New Poster For The Great Debaters

    There is now a second poster for The Great Debaters. I don’t think it is as good as the first poster.

    New Great Debaters Poster
    Another Poster For “The Great Debaters”

November 21, 2007

November 6, 2007

August 31, 2007

  • Debate Movies Update

    The Great Debaters is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2007.
    [via Global Debate Blog]
    It looks like Rocket Science will finally make it to Springfield, MO in late September.

August 1, 2007

  • Buzzfeed Does Rocket Science

    One of my favorite blogs, Buzzfeed, has an entry about the movie Rocket Science.
    Rocket Science will be released on August 10.

July 19, 2007

  • Film Chronicles High School Debate Teams

    NPR’s Day to Day has a story about the debate documentary, Resolved.
    Filmmaker Greg Whitely’s new documentary, Resolved, enters the fast-talking world of high-school debate teams. Whitely and one of the debaters featured in the documentary, Louis Blackwell, discuss the film.
    Blackwell and his coach challenge the rules of high school debate, saying that the institution is [...]

July 9, 2007

  • Speaking Up, Speaking Out

    The Long Beach Press Telegram has an in-depth background article about Resolved.
    There are apparently two movies looking for distribution with the same title. This is the one that profiles the team from Highland Park High School in Texas.
    A trailer is available on the movie’s website.
    [via Global Debate Blog]

June 27, 2007

  • “Resolved” Reviewed

    Variety has a review of Resolved which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival this past weekend.
    Previous Mentions
    “Resolved” Movie Trailer
    Resolved: Another Debate Documentary
    [via Victory Briefs Daily]

June 23, 2007

  • “Resolved” Movie Trailer

    A trailer for the debate movie Resolved is now online. The world premiere of the movie is today at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
    We mentioned Resolved in an earlier post.
    [via Global Debate Blog]

June 14, 2007

June 8, 2007

  • New Rocket Science Movie Poster

    The debate movie Rocket Science is scheduled to be released on August 10. The new movie poster is a major improvement over the poster that was being displayed for Sundance.
    Previous Stories
    Rocket Science: The Reviews Are In
    Rocket Science Update 1-17-2007
    Rocket Science Update 12-1-2006
    Debate and Rocket Science

May 7, 2007

  • The Great Debaters

    The Great Debaters has been in pre-production for a long-time. Production is scheduled to begin May and the film is starting to get some press.
    The film is being produced by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. Denzel Washington is the director and will portray the debate coach, Melvin B. Tolson. Forest Whitaker is in negotiations to join [...]

April 19, 2007

  • Thanks To Gravity: Another Debate Movie

    Victory Briefs Daily has a story about another debate movie: Thanks To Gravity. Here is the plot summary from Rotten Tomatoes:
    Set amidst the eccentric intellectual world of debate, a Jewish Latin-American girl struggles with questions of identity, culture, tradition, and love to find out for herself if a woman can really have it all.
    The Polly [...]

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