The Best of Enemies (2019)
April 5, 2019
Drama, History
2h 13m
Change is worth fighting for
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Robin Bissell
- Ann Atwater Taraji P. Henson
- Claiborne Paul Ellis Sam Rockwell
- Bill Riddick Babou Ceesay
- Mary Ellis Anne Heche
- Floyd Kelly Wes Bentley
- Garland Keith Nick Searcy
- Carvie Oldham Bruce McGill
- Lee Trombley John Gallagher Jr.
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- ku klux klan
- 1970s
- north carolina
- based on true story
- racism
- interracial friendship
- segregation