Movie Monday even though it's Tuesday

I watched The Great Debaters yesterday and I thought it was SO SO good. I was not expecting much because it was produced by HARPO (Oprah's company) and everything else I have seen them produce the writing (plot and dialogue) has been horrendously craptacular and the acting even worse. BUT it stars Denzel Washington (who also directs) and Forest Whitaker so the acting was great.The score was lovely AND it's a BOATs (Based on a true story). I always like movies more when I expect them to be bad.
Anyway it's the story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor who coached the debate team at Wiley College in Texas in the 1930's. I was expecting this film to be much like your run-of-the-mill segregated school sports movie that leaves you feeling good but you forget about 5 minutes later, but this film made me really appreciate Tolson and his students. I think people like the characters depicted in this film are the ones that led to and were the real heroes of the civil rights movement and I'm glad this movie will help them be honored and remembered. I know it made me want to find out what the real story was. If you've seen it let me know what you thought.