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Embracing my inner nerd

One of the reasons I love the month of December is that it is the time when all the good movies are released. I urge you to go see The Great Debaters, which will be out on Christmas Day. The film, which Denzel Washington directs and stars in, chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a debate coach at a small HBC who trains his students to become elite debaters. The climax of the movie occurs when Tolson's debaters take on the Harvard debate team in 1935 on a national radio broadcast.

Many of you might not know that I was a debater in high school and college, and I continue to coach my high school alma mater's debate team. I have been involved in speech and debate for 12 years now. Debate is a cult for nerds, and I haven't found a way to escape it yet.

Anyways, here's the preview:

And that's not all...There was a movie this summer about high school debate, made in the style of Little Miss Sunshine. The film, called Rocket Science, will be released on DVD January 28. I am ashamed to admit I have not seen it yet so I look forward to the DVD. Here's the preview:

Full post as published by Supreme Dicta on December 11, 2007 (boomark / email).