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The Best of Enemies

The Best of Enemies

Change is worth fighting for

20197.42h 13m

Overview

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.

Directed by Robin Bissell
Written by Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson
Produced by Matt Berenson, Danny Strong, Fred Bernstein
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0M0

Top Cast

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Ann Atwater

Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

Claiborne Paul Ellis

Babou Ceesay

Babou Ceesay

Bill Riddick

Anne Heche

Anne Heche

Mary Ellis

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley

Floyd Kelly

Nick Searcy

Nick Searcy

Garland Keith

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Carvie Oldham

John Gallagher Jr.

John Gallagher Jr.

Lee Trombley

Nicholas Logan

Nicholas Logan

Wiley Yates

Gilbert Glenn Brown

Gilbert Glenn Brown

Howard Clement

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookku klux klan1970snorth carolinabased on true storyracisminterracial friendshipsegregation

About The Best of Enemies

The Best of Enemies is a drama, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of based on novel or book, ku klux klan, 1970s, north carolina, based on true story, racism. Directed by Robin Bissell, it stars Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay. 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.

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