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