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
- Great Debaters Movie Poster
The movie poster for The Great Debaters has been unveiled. The Great Debaters opens on Christmas Day.
November 6, 2007
- The Great Debaters Movie Trailer
The first movie trailer for The Great Debaters has been released. The movie opens on Christmas Day.
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
- Rocket Science Trailer
The Rocket Science trailer is available on YouTube.
[via Movie Marketing Madness]
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 [...]


