Perhaps, to do justice to the above subject matter, there is need to first look at the term freedom fighters and what makes one a freedom fighter. From that, we can now compare it with what we have been witnessing more recently in the Niger Delta struggle to see if those behind the militancy activities in the region can be regarded as freedom fighters that they claim. A freedom fighter according to Wikipedia and some dictionary definitions, refers to a person who thinks his native ethnic group is
and reaffirms the right of civil disobedience of the black community in the south. Although the win in the end as shown in the movie is an ode to their debating achievement, what the movie omits is the fact that these people or rather this inspiring story inspired future civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Malcolm X. The debaters very often quoted Thoreau, Gandhi as it turns out they were inspired by such leaders but surprisingly the likes of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were followers