
The Best of Enemies
HD 05/04/2019 · (US) · 2h 13m
3.69 / 5 points
Overview
"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.
Robin Bissell
Director
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Top Billed 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

Gilbert Glenn Brown
/ Gilbert Glenn Brown
Howard Clement

Caitlin Mehner
/ Caitlin Mehner
Maddy Mays

Dolan Wilson
/ Dolan Wilson
Councilman Bill Atkins

Morgan Mackey
/ Morgan Mackey
Young Mother

Kendall Ryan Sanders
/ Kendall Ryan Sanders
Ben Butler

Chris Cavalier
/ Chris Cavalier
Leonard

Malerie Grady
/ Malerie Grady
Singing White Woman

Ryan Dinning
/ Ryan Dinning
Jeb

Najah Jackson
/ Najah Jackson
Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Bethany DeZelle
/ Bethany DeZelle
Court Clerk

David Plunkett
/ David Plunkett
Mr. Paulsen

Al Hamacher
/ Al Hamacher
Charles Steele

McKenzie Applegate
/ McKenzie Applegate
Vickie Ellis

Brody Rose
/ Brody Rose
Timmy Ellis

Carson Holmes
/ Carson Holmes
Kenneth Ellis

Nadej K. Bailey
/ Nadej K. Bailey
Marilynn Atwater

Kevin Iannucci
/ Kevin Iannucci
Larry Ellis

Susan Williams
/ Susan Williams
Nurse Caitlin

Lucius Baston
/ Lucius Baston
Teacher

Jeanette Branch
/ Jeanette Branch
Principal

Jessica Miesel
/ Jessica Miesel
Doreen (Waitress)

Rachel Bagley
/ Rachel Bagley
Local Reporter

Charles Orr
/ Charles Orr
NAACP Lawyer

Tim Ware
/ Tim Ware
Judge Leslie Hallford

Jill Jane Clements
/ Jill Jane Clements
Secretary

Ned Vaughn
/ Ned Vaughn
Wilbur Hobby

Dawntavia Marrero
/ Dawntavia Marrero
Delores Riddick

Sope Aluko
/ Sope Aluko
Henrietta Kaye

Coley Campany
/ Coley Campany
Charrette Volunteer #1

Elizabeth Omilami
/ Elizabeth Omilami
Marion Wilson

Arin Logan
/ Arin Logan
Peggy

Kameron Kierce
/ Kameron Kierce
Miles

Charles Black
/ Charles Black
Reverend Joseph

Aaron K Smalls
/ Aaron K Smalls
Archie Cox

Hope Leigh
/ Hope Leigh
Charrette Volunteer #2

Bart Hansard
/ Bart Hansard
Horace Bray

Jeremy Madden
/ Jeremy Madden
Boone Ewell

Morgan Brown
/ Morgan Brown
Sam Watford

Robert Harvey
/ Robert Harvey
Earl Weeks

Cranston Johnson
/ Cranston Johnson
Emmett

Afemo Omilami
/ Afemo Omilami
Franklin Mose

Jack Montague
/ Jack Montague
Alvin

Chanté Bowser
/ Chanté Bowser
Nurse Bernadette

Rhoda Griffis
/ Rhoda Griffis
Nurse Whitney

Wilbur Fitzgerald
/ Wilbur Fitzgerald
Fire Safety Inspector

Shane Jackson
/ Shane Jackson
Robert Jones

Chanel Young
/ Chanel Young
Charrette Secretary

Michael Hyland Cole
/ Michael Hyland Cole
Gas Company Man

Shane Biseell
/ Shane Biseell
Youth Corps Member

Annie Cook
/ Annie Cook
Mrs. Keith

Rae Olivier
/ Rae Olivier
Caroline Kelly

Lindsey Moser
/ Lindsey Moser
Cashier

Milton Saul
/ Milton Saul
Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)

Timothy Carr
/ Timothy Carr
Police Officer (uncredited)
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