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The Best of Enemies
Change is worth fighting for
7.4(506)20192h 13m
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.
- Director
- Robin Bissell
- Created by
- Jeremiah Samuels,Rick Jackson
- Writers
- Robin Bissell
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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
Dolan Wilson
Councilman Bill Atkins
Morgan Mackey
Young Mother

Kendall Ryan Sanders
Ben Butler

Chris Cavalier
Leonard
Malerie Grady
Singing White Woman

Ryan Dinning
Jeb

Najah Jackson
Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Bethany DeZelle
Court Clerk
David Plunkett
Mr. Paulsen

Al Hamacher
Charles Steele

McKenzie Applegate
Vickie Ellis

Brody Rose
Timmy Ellis

Carson Holmes
Kenneth Ellis
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Crew
Directing
- Robin BissellDirector
Writing
- Robin BissellAdaptation
- Robin BissellWriter
- Osha Gray DavidsonBook
Production
- Fred BernsteinProducer
- Matthew PlouffeProducer
- Matt BerensonProducer
- Jeremiah SamuelsExecutive Producer
- Dominique TelsonProducer
- Tobey MaguireProducer
- Danny StrongProducer
- Rick JacksonExecutive Producer
Camera
- David LanzenbergDirector of Photography
- Kyler DennisSecond Assistant "B" Camera
Editing
- Harry YoonEditor
Sound
- Marcelo ZarvosOriginal Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up
- Douglas NoeHair Department Head