Het waargebeurde verhaal van professor Melvin B. Tolson, die in 1935 voor het eerst een groep studenten bereid wist te vinden om met elkaar in debat te gaan. De op deze manier gevormde groep besluit uiteindelijk mee te doen aan de kampioenschappen tegen Harvard.
Ja! de film The Great Debaters is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Denzel Washington | Director |
| Writing | Robert Eisele | Writer |
| Writing | Jeffrey Porro | Story |
| Production | Molly Allen | Co-Producer |
| Production | Todd Black | Producer |
| Production | David Crockett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kate Forte | Producer |
| Production | Melody Fowler | Associate Producer |
| Production | Joe Roth | Producer |
| Production | Valeria Scoon | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Oprah Winfrey | Producer |
| Editing | John Breinholt | Editorial Coordinator |
| Editing | Hughes Winborne | Editor |
| Crew | Austin Anderson | Animal Coordinator |
| Production | Patrick Tendai Pfupajena | Production Assistant |
| Production | Denise Chamian | Casting |
| Art | David J. Bomba | Production Design |
| Art | John R. Jensen | Art Direction |
| Art | Patrick Cassidy | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharen Davis | Costume Design |
| Directing | Karen Golden | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Jono Oliver | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Greg Hale | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Steven Ritzi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Kevin Beard | Stunts |
| Crew | Bobby Beckles | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregg Brazzel | Stunts |
| Crew | Lex D. Geddings | Stunts |
| Crew | Thirl Haston | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Henry | Stunts |
| Crew | Eric Norris | Stunts |
| Crew | Stephen A. Pope | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Robert Powell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Russell Towery | Stunts |
| Crew | Gerard 'Gus' Williams | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Nin Williams | Stunts |
| Sound | G. Marq Roswell | Music Supervisor |
| Production | David Crockett | Unit Production Manager |
| Editing | John Breinholt | Co-Editor |
| Production | Valerie Bleth Sharp | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Brian McNulty | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Rob Simons | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Mark La Bonge | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mark La Bonge | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Pamela Rittelmeyer | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Pamela Rittelmeyer | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Xiomara Comrie | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Xiomara Comrie | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Sean J. O'Shea | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Tiffani L. Stephenson | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Gary Tolbert | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Kay Hart | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jodie Stern | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diah Wymont | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Perry Rose | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Riki Lin Sabusawa | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Bastidos | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mitzi Haralson | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giselle Spence | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Jacques-LeCompte | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carl Fullerton | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Denise Pugh-Ruiz | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Lazar | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | LaToya Henderson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikki I Brown | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larry M. Cherry | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Belinda Anderson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valerie Gladstone-Appel | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Young | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Bowman | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janice Hudson | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gary A. Theard | Boom Operator |
| Production | Jeff Valeri | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Nicki Johnson | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Natalia Anderson | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Cid Swank | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | David Lee | Still Photographer |
| Production | Alison Cannon | Production Accountant |
| Production | Anne Scott | First Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Frederick Shear | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | Jamie Horwitz | Assistant Accountant |
| Production | David Hickey | Payroll Accountant |
| Directing | Kali R. Harrison | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | George Bott | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Jack English | Gaffer |
| Lighting | James Babineaux | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Stephen Beasley | Rigging Gaffer |
| Camera | C. Alan Rawlins Sr. | Key Grip |
| Camera | Riko Schatke | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | Ted Sapp | Key Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Jacob Ross | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Darryl Humber | Dolly Grip |
| Production | Kei Rowan-Young | Location Manager |
| Production | Alex Borys | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Christina DeCharles | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Angela Demo | Casting Associate |
| Production | Natalie Ballesteros | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Christopher Gray | Extras Casting |
| Production | Christian Juneau | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Art | John Bankson | Property Master |
| Art | Virle S. Reid | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | C. Alan Berry | Props |
| Art | Tommy Samona | Leadman |
| Art | Helen Britten | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Gary Damian Thomas | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Shellie Gillespie | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Dillon Jim Breithaupt | Art Department Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Jack Lynch | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Jeffery D. Woodrel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Editing | Geraud Brisson | Additional Editor |
| Production | Ian Crockett | Post Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Tateum Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Greg Orloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kami Asgar | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sean McCormack | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kim Drummond | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Jonathan Klein | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Scott G.G. Haller | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Erin Oakley | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Dorian Cheah | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jon Wakeham | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | John Marquis | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Herwig Maurer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Tim Tuchrello | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Michael Dressel | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Amy Kane | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Elizabeth Rainey | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Anita Cannella | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Carmine Rubino | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Jacob Riehle | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eryne Prine | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Todd Kasow | Music Editor |
| Sound | Barbara McDermott | Music Editor |
| Sound | Fred Peck III | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Brian Smith | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Howard London | ADR Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Nicotero | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Howard Berger | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jerry G. Henery | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Dean Allison | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Scott Childers | Construction Foreman |
| Art | James Passanante | Paint Coordinator |
| Art | Larry Misselhorn | Greensman |
| Art | Ryan Misselhorn | Greensman |
| Crew | Nannette Palmer | Set Medic |
| Crew | Ted Moser | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Richard A. Davis | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Justin Nance | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Crew | Lois Yaroshefsky | Studio Teacher |
| Sound | James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Philippe Rousselot | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Peter Golub | Original Music Composer |
