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The Best of Enemies

Genres
Drama
History
Rating
7.4
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date2019-04-05
Runtime133 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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Taraji P. Henson

as Ann Atwater

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Sam Rockwell

as Claiborne Paul Ellis

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Babou Ceesay

as Bill Riddick

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Anne Heche

as Mary Ellis

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Wes Bentley

as Floyd Kelly

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Nick Searcy

as Garland Keith

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Bruce McGill

as Carvie Oldham

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John Gallagher Jr.

as Lee Trombley

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Nicholas Logan

as Wiley Yates

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Gilbert Glenn Brown

as Howard Clement

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Caitlin Mehner

as Maddy Mays

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Dolan Wilson

as Councilman Bill Atkins

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Morgan Mackey

as Young Mother

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Kendall Ryan Sanders

as Ben Butler

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Chris Cavalier

as Leonard

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Malerie Grady

as Singing White Woman

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Ryan Dinning

as Jeb

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Najah Jackson

as Operation Breakthrough Staffer

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Bethany DeZelle

as Court Clerk

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David Plunkett

as Mr. Paulsen

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Al Hamacher

as Charles Steele

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McKenzie Applegate

as Vickie Ellis

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Brody Rose

as Timmy Ellis

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Carson Holmes

as Kenneth Ellis

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Nadej K. Bailey

as Marilynn Atwater

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Kevin Iannucci

as Larry Ellis

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Susan Savoie

as Nurse Caitlin

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Lucius Baston

as Teacher

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Jeanette Branch

as Principal

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Jessica Miesel

as Doreen (Waitress)

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Rachel Bagley

as Local Reporter

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Charles Orr

as NAACP Lawyer

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Tim Ware

as Judge Leslie Hallford

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Jill Jane Clements

as Secretary

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Ned Vaughn

as Wilbur Hobby

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Dawntavia Marrero

as Delores Riddick

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Sope Aluko

as Henrietta Kaye

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Coley Campany

as Charrette Volunteer #1

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Elizabeth Omilami

as Marion Wilson

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Arin Logan

as Peggy

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Kameron Kierce

as Miles

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Charles Black

as Reverend Joseph

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Aaron K Smalls

as Archie Cox

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Hope Leigh

as Charrette Volunteer #2

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Bart Hansard

as Horace Bray

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Jeremy Madden

as Boone Ewell

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Morgan Brown

as Sam Watford

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Robert Harvey

as Earl Weeks

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Cranston Johnson

as Emmett

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Afemo Omilami

as Franklin Mose

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Jack Montague

as Alvin

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Chanté Bowser

as Nurse Bernadette

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Rhoda Griffis

as Nurse Whitney

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Wilbur Fitzgerald

as Fire Safety Inspector

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Shane Jackson

as Robert Jones

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Chanel Young

as Charrette Secretary

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Michael Hyland Cole

as Gas Company Man

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Shane Biseell

as Youth Corps Member

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Annie Cook

as Mrs. Keith

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Rae Olivier

as Caroline Kelly

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Lindsey Moser

as Cashier

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Milton Saul

as Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)

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Timothy Carr

as Police Officer (uncredited)

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