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Change is worth fighting for - The Best of Enemies
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Title: The Best of Enemies

Release Date: 5 Apr 2019

Runtime: 2h 13m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Material Pictures, STXfilms, Stage 6 Films, Astute Films

Production Companies: Material Pictures, STXfilms, Stage 6 Films, Astute Films

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.

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Average Vote: 7.38 (429 votes)

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
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