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The Best of Enemies
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Best of Enemies
Cast
Taraji P. HensonAnn Atwater
Sam RockwellClaiborne Paul Ellis
Babou CeesayBill Riddick
Anne HecheMary Ellis
Wes BentleyFloyd Kelly
Nick SearcyGarland Keith
Bruce McGillCarvie Oldham
John Gallagher Jr.Lee TrombleyCredits
- Directed by
- Robin Bissell
- Written by
- Robin Bissell
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
Production
- Material PicturesUnited States
STXfilmsUnited States
Stage 6 FilmsUnited States
Astute FilmsUnited States
