The Best of Enemies
“Change is worth fighting for”
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
(40)
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
Nadej K. Bailey
Marilynn Atwater
Kevin Iannucci
Larry Ellis
Susan Savoie
Nurse Caitlin
Lucius Baston
Teacher
Jeanette Branch
Principal
Jessica Miesel
Doreen (Waitress)
Rachel Bagley
Local Reporter
Charles Orr
NAACP Lawyer
Tim Ware
Judge Leslie Hallford
Jill Jane Clements
Secretary
Ned Vaughn
Wilbur Hobby
Dawntavia Marrero
Delores Riddick
Sope Aluko
Henrietta Kaye
Coley Campany
Charrette Volunteer #1
Elizabeth Omilami
Marion Wilson
Arin Logan
Peggy
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