The Best of Enemies

Apr 5, 2019

2h 13m

★ 7.4

Change is worth fighting for

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Material Pictures

STXfilms

Stage 6 Films

Astute Films

The Best of Enemies Trailers

Cast

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.

Wiley Yates

Nicholas Logan

Howard Clement

Gilbert Glenn Brown

Maddy Mays

Caitlin Mehner

Councilman Bill Atkins

Dolan Wilson

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