RESOLVED (2007)

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ORIGINAL TITLE: RESOLVED
DIRECTOR: Greg Whiteley
WRITER: Greg Whiteley (writer)
GENRE: Documentary
AWARDS: 1 win more
CAST: Samuel Alito , Louis Blackwell ,Jon Bruschke,Matthew Edwards,Richard Funches,Sam Iola ,Juan Williams,David Wiltz
MPAA:Rated PG-13 for some strong language and teen smoking.
RUNTIME: USA:91 min
COUNTRY: USA
CERTIFICATION: USA:PG-13
COMPANY: One Potato Productions
PLOT: The fascinating complexity of high school debate gives way to a portrait of the equally complex racial and class bias of American education in Greg Whiteley's riveting documentary. Initially a portrait of top-flight debaters from well-funded, mostly white schools-like nationally ranked Sam Iola and Matt Andrews of Highland Park, Texas-the film deepens when it changes focus to Richard Funches and Louis Blackwell from Long Beach's Jordan squad. While gifted traditional debaters in their own right, the two decide to challenge the usefulness of the jargon-filled, 400-word-per-minute style of modern debate (known as "the spread") by steering their debates toward issues of personal experience and dialogue. What is the use of refining an argument, they stress, when it does not affect the reality of a person's locale and particular life? Why must individual perspective and bias be masked? For many, these questions present such a radical interpretive shift that competitors and judges crumble in front of them. Contrasting Fuches and Blackwell's attempt to challenge the system with Andrews' relentless pursuit to excel in it and win the prestigious Tournament of Champions, Whiteley deftly explores the disparities between the debaters, their styles, and their resources. Alternately inspiring and polarizing, Resolved reveals a constantly shifting sport that is as much philosophy as competition.

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