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.

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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

Bruce McGill

Carvie Oldham

John Gallagher Jr.

Lee Trombley

Nicholas Logan

Wiley Yates

Gilbert Glenn Brown

Howard Clement

Caitlin Mehner

Maddy Mays

Dolan Wilson

Councilman Bill Atkins

Morgan Mackey

Young Mother

Kendall Ryan Sanders

Ben Butler

Chris Cavalier

Leonard

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