Love & Debate
Encyclopedia
Love & Debate is a drama
/romance film
released in 2006 based on decisions everyday teenage girls have to make.
It is a story of a young girl who has become the star in the debate club in her high school.
Her love for debate was ultimately inspired by watching politicians on television.
Her main role-model is Hillary Clinton (before the 2008 elections) and so she follows her foot-steps by joining the Harvard Debate Team.
Soon Jordan realizes she is totally made to pursue a career in the debate world.
Living in Miami, a beautiful place, with her family which are a nationality mix of Guamanian and Jewish,
her family only wants her to date Latino/Jewish men; Jordan hates the fact she must date what her family begins home and puts her love life on pause.
Meanwhile, she is recognized by a Harvard professor for her skills and decides she is a perfect candidate to join the Harvard debate team.
In college, she finds out that her love life isn't on pause anymore but is drastically heart-broken after wards.
Jordan after all finds comfort in what she loves to do and that is debating but someone from her past shows up,the perfect guy her family desires, and she begins to have feelings for him (Adam Rodriguez). Can she choose between love and debate?
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
/romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
released in 2006 based on decisions everyday teenage girls have to make.
It is a story of a young girl who has become the star in the debate club in her high school.
Her love for debate was ultimately inspired by watching politicians on television.
Her main role-model is Hillary Clinton (before the 2008 elections) and so she follows her foot-steps by joining the Harvard Debate Team.
Synopsis
Jordan Landa is in her senior year of high school when she joins the debate team recommended by a teacher (Sean Astin) who is in charge of the debate team.Soon Jordan realizes she is totally made to pursue a career in the debate world.
Living in Miami, a beautiful place, with her family which are a nationality mix of Guamanian and Jewish,
her family only wants her to date Latino/Jewish men; Jordan hates the fact she must date what her family begins home and puts her love life on pause.
Meanwhile, she is recognized by a Harvard professor for her skills and decides she is a perfect candidate to join the Harvard debate team.
In college, she finds out that her love life isn't on pause anymore but is drastically heart-broken after wards.
Jordan after all finds comfort in what she loves to do and that is debating but someone from her past shows up,the perfect guy her family desires, and she begins to have feelings for him (Adam Rodriguez). Can she choose between love and debate?
Cast
- Gina PhilipsGina PhilipsGina Philips is an American actress.Philips was born Gina Consolo in Miami Beach, Florida. She is known for her recurring roles on David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal as Sandy Hingle and Boston Public as Jenna Miller...
- Sean AstinSean AstinSean Astin is an American film actor, director, voice artist, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24...
- Adam RodriguezAdam RodriguezAdam Michael Rodríguez is an American actor and director. He is best known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami.-Life and career:...
- Rachel MinerRachel MinerRachel Miner is a Broadway, film and television actress, born in New York City.-Personal life:A third generation Miner in show business, she is the daughter of director and teacher Peter Miner and the granddaughter of director/producer Worthington Miner and actress Frances Fuller...
- Bryan GreenbergBryan GreenbergBryan E. Greenberg is an American actor and musician, known for his starring role as Ben Epstein in the HBO original series How to Make It in America as well as a recurring role as Jake Jagielski in the The WB TV series One Tree Hill and as Nick Garrett on the short-lived ABC drama October Road...
- Sendhil RamamurthySendhil RamamurthySendhil Ramamurthy is an American actor. He is best known for the role as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes.-Personal life:...