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The Best of Enemies

Change is worth fighting for

2019★ 7.4 · 4902h 13mDramaHistory

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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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Sam Rockwell
as Claiborne Paul Ellis

Taraji P. Henson
as Ann Atwater

Wes Bentley
as Floyd Kelly

Bruce McGill
as Carvie Oldham

Anne Heche
as Mary Ellis

Nicholas Logan
as Wiley Yates

Nick Searcy
as Garland Keith

John Gallagher Jr.
as Lee Trombley

Afemo Omilami
as Franklin Mose

Wilbur Fitzgerald
as Fire Safety Inspector

Babou Ceesay
as Bill Riddick

Tim Ware
as Judge Leslie Hallford

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Release date: 2019-04-05

Budget: $10,000,000

Runtime: 2h 13m

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