8. Resolved
Site rank 1, IMDb rank 7; Overall Score = 8
Directed by Greg Whiteley
Greg Whiteley’s Resolved offers us a glimpse into a world of high school debate teams. It follows to debate teams, one from Highland Park High School in Texas and the other from Jordan High School in California. The first team is using a traditional debating technique, known as spreading, where debaters fire as much as 400 words per minute. Jordan High uses a different approach. Inspired by Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, they argue that spreading is harmful to the spirit of debate. Their debate coach Dave Wiltz, who introduced them to Freire’s work, fully supports them in their endeavor to qualify for the tournament of champions.
