The Best of Enemies
Change is worth fighting for
7.4(491) 2019-04-05 133 minDramaHistory
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.
DirectorRobin Bissell
ProducerTobey Maguire
ProducerDanny Strong
ProducerMatt Berenson
ProducerFred Bernstein
ProducerDominique Telson
ProducerMatthew Plouffe
WriterRobin Bissell
Cast & characters
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
Caitlin Mehner
as Maddy Mays
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Dolan Wilson
as Councilman Bill Atkins
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Morgan Mackey
as Young Mother
Kendall Ryan Sanders
as Ben Butler
Chris Cavalier
as Leonard
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Malerie Grady
as Singing White Woman
Ryan Dinning
as Jeb
Najah Jackson
as Operation Breakthrough Staffer
Bethany DeZelle
as Court Clerk
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David Plunkett
as Mr. Paulsen
Al Hamacher
as Charles Steele
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McKenzie Applegate
as Vickie Ellis
Brody Rose
as Timmy Ellis
Carson Holmes
as Kenneth Ellis
