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The Best of Enemies (2019)
Directed by Robin Bissell
“Change is worth fighting for”
Drama, History · 2h 13m
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.
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
D
Dolan Wilson
Councilman Bill Atkins
Crew
- Director
- Robin Bissell
- Writer
- Robin Bissell
- Director of Photography
- David Lanzenberg
- Original Music Composer
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Editor
- Harry Yoon
- Producer
- Fred Bernstein, Matthew Plouffe, Matt Berenson, Dominique Telson, Tobey Maguire, Danny Strong
Details
- Release date
- 2019-04-05
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Material Pictures, STXfilms, Stage 6 Films, Astute Films
- Budget
- $10,000,000