
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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About The Best of Enemies
- Directors
- Robin Bissell
- Cast
- Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Nick Searcy
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Content rating
- PG-13
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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