The Best of Enemies

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.

Movie details

Release date

2019

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Drama, History

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Country

United States of America

Director

Robin Bissell

Production

Material Pictures, STXfilms, Stage 6 Films, Astute Films

Budget

$10,000,000

Cast

Taraji P. Henson

Ann Atwater

Sam Rockwell

Claiborne Paul Ellis

Babou Ceesay

Bill Riddick

Anne Heche

Mary Ellis

Wes Bentley

Floyd Kelly

Nick Searcy

Garland Keith