
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.

as Ann Atwater

as Claiborne Paul Ellis

as Bill Riddick

as Mary Ellis

as Floyd Kelly

as Garland Keith

as Carvie Oldham

as Lee Trombley

as Wiley Yates

as Howard Clement

as Maddy Mays

as Councilman Bill Atkins

as Young Mother

as Ben Butler

as Leonard

as Singing White Woman

as Jeb

as Operation Breakthrough Staffer

as Court Clerk

as Mr. Paulsen

as Charles Steele

as Vickie Ellis

as Timmy Ellis

as Kenneth Ellis

as Marilynn Atwater

as Larry Ellis

as Nurse Caitlin

as Teacher

as Principal

as Doreen (Waitress)

as Local Reporter

as NAACP Lawyer

as Judge Leslie Hallford

as Secretary

as Wilbur Hobby

as Delores Riddick

as Henrietta Kaye

as Charrette Volunteer #1

as Marion Wilson

as Peggy

as Miles

as Reverend Joseph

as Archie Cox

as Charrette Volunteer #2

as Horace Bray

as Boone Ewell

as Sam Watford

as Earl Weeks

as Emmett

as Franklin Mose

as Alvin

as Nurse Bernadette

as Nurse Whitney

as Fire Safety Inspector

as Robert Jones

as Charrette Secretary

as Gas Company Man

as Youth Corps Member

as Mrs. Keith

as Caroline Kelly

as Cashier

as Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)

as Police Officer (uncredited)