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The Best of Enemies

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.

2019 |2h 13m |  Drama, History

Videos

Cast

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Taraji P. Henson

Ann Atwater

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Sam Rockwell

Claiborne Paul Ellis

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Babou Ceesay

Bill Riddick

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Anne Heche

Mary Ellis

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Wes Bentley

Floyd Kelly

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Nick Searcy

Garland Keith

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Bruce McGill

Carvie Oldham

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John Gallagher Jr.

Lee Trombley

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Nicholas Logan

Wiley Yates

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Gilbert Glenn Brown

Howard Clement

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Caitlin Mehner

Maddy Mays

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Kendall Ryan Sanders

Ben Butler

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Chris Cavalier

Leonard

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Ryan Dinning

Jeb

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Bethany DeZelle

Court Clerk

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Al Hamacher

Charles Steele

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Brody Rose

Timmy Ellis

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Carson Holmes

Kenneth Ellis

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Nadej K. Bailey

Marilynn Atwater

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Kevin Iannucci

Larry Ellis

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Susan Williams

Nurse Caitlin

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Lucius Baston

Teacher

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Jeanette Branch

Principal

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Jessica Miesel

Doreen (Waitress)

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Tim Ware

Judge Leslie Hallford

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Jill Jane Clements

Secretary

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Ned Vaughn

Wilbur Hobby

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Sope Aluko

Henrietta Kaye

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Coley Campany

Charrette Volunteer #1

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Elizabeth Omilami

Marion Wilson

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Arin Logan

Peggy

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Kameron Kierce

Miles

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Bart Hansard

Horace Bray

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Morgan Brown

Sam Watford

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Robert Harvey

Earl Weeks

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Cranston Johnson

Emmett

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Afemo Omilami

Franklin Mose

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Chanté Bowser

Nurse Bernadette

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Rhoda Griffis

Nurse Whitney

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Wilbur Fitzgerald

Fire Safety Inspector

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Shane Jackson

Robert Jones

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Chanel Young

Charrette Secretary

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Annie Cook

Mrs. Keith

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Rae Olivier

Caroline Kelly

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Lindsey Moser

Cashier

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Milton Saul

Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)

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Timothy Carr

Police Officer (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

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