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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.

Top Cast

  • Taraji P. Henson

    Taraji P. Henson

    Ann Atwater

  • Sam Rockwell

    Sam Rockwell

    Claiborne Paul Ellis

  • Babou Ceesay

    Babou Ceesay

    Bill Riddick

  • Anne Heche

    Anne Heche

    Mary Ellis

  • Wes Bentley

    Wes Bentley

    Floyd Kelly

  • Nick Searcy

    Nick Searcy

    Garland Keith

  • Bruce McGill

    Bruce McGill

    Carvie Oldham

  • John Gallagher Jr.

    John Gallagher Jr.

    Lee Trombley

  • Nicholas Logan

    Nicholas Logan

    Wiley Yates

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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