The Best of Enemies

Synopsis

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.

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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

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Dolan Wilson

Councilman Bill Atkins

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Morgan Mackey

Young Mother

Kendall Ryan Sanders

Ben Butler

Chris Cavalier

Leonard

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Malerie Grady

Singing White Woman

Ryan Dinning

Jeb

Najah Jackson

Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Bethany DeZelle

Court Clerk

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David Plunkett

Mr. Paulsen

Crew

Camera

• David Lanzenberg Director of Photography
• Kyler Dennis Second Assistant "B" Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Douglas Noe Hair Department Head

Directing

• Robin Bissell Director

Editing

• Harry Yoon Editor

Production

• Fred Bernstein Producer
• Matthew Plouffe Producer
• Matt Berenson Producer
• Jeremiah Samuels Executive Producer
• Dominique Telson Producer
• Tobey Maguire Producer
• Danny Strong Producer
• Rick Jackson Executive Producer

Sound

• Marcelo Zarvos Original Music Composer

Writing

• Robin Bissell Adaptation
• Robin Bissell Writer
• Osha Gray Davidson Book

Photos