The Best of Enemies (2019)
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
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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) |
| Editing | Harry Yoon | Editor |
| Directing | Robin Bissell | Director |
| Production | Tobey Maguire | Producer |
| Production | Danny Strong | Producer |
| Production | Matt Berenson | Producer |
| Production | Fred Bernstein | Producer |
| Production | Dominique Telson | Producer |
| Production | Matthew Plouffe | Producer |
| Production | Jeremiah Samuels | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Kyler Dennis | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | David Lanzenberg | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rick Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Osha Gray Davidson | Book |
| Writing | Robin Bissell | Adaptation |
| Writing | Robin Bissell | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Douglas Noe | Hair Department Head |
