All of Jurnee Smollett's Best Movies and TV Shows, Including "The Burial"

Set in 1935 Texas, "The Great Debaters" follows a professor named Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) who's in charge of a Black debate team at Wiley College. They're considered the underdogs, but they eventually go on to compete against Harvard University. Smollett plays one of the team members named Samantha Booke.