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The Best of Enemies
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.
2019 · Directed by Robin Bissell · 133 min · Drama · History · 8 frames
Tagline
Change is worth fighting for
Crew
- Written by: Robin Bissell
- Cinematography: David Lanzenberg
- Edited by: Harry Yoon
- Music: Marcelo Zarvos
- Produced by: Tobey Maguire, Danny Strong, Matt Berenson, Fred Bernstein
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
- Nick Searcy as Garland Keith
- Bruce McGill as Carvie Oldham
- John Gallagher Jr. as Lee Trombley
- Nicholas Logan as Wiley Yates
- Gilbert Glenn Brown as Howard Clement
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Material Pictures, STXfilms, Stage 6 Films, Astute Films
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, ku klux klan, 1970s, north carolina, based on true story, racism, interracial friendship, segregation
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