The Best of Enemies (2019)

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Released:
2019-04-05

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.

Director:
Robin Bissell

Runtime:
2h 13min

Genre:
Drama, History

  • Cast:
  • Taraji P. Henson
    as
    Ann Atwater
  • Sam Rockwell
    as
    Claiborne Paul Ellis
  • Babou Ceesay
    as
    Bill Riddick
  • Anne Heche
    as
    Mary Ellis
  • Wes Bentley
    as
    Floyd Kelly