The Best of Enemies

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.

7.4

133 min

Cast

Taraji P. Henson

as Ann Atwater

Sam Rockwell

as Claiborne Paul Ellis

Babou Ceesay

as Bill Riddick

Anne Heche

as Mary Ellis

Wes Bentley

as Floyd Kelly

Nick Searcy

as Garland Keith

Bruce McGill

as Carvie Oldham

John Gallagher Jr.

as Lee Trombley

Nicholas Logan

as Wiley Yates

Gilbert Glenn Brown

as Howard Clement

Caitlin Mehner

as Maddy Mays

Dolan Wilson

as Councilman Bill Atkins

Morgan Mackey

as Young Mother

Kendall Ryan Sanders

as Ben Butler

Chris Cavalier

as Leonard

Malerie Grady

as Singing White Woman

Ryan Dinning

as Jeb

Najah Jackson

as Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Bethany DeZelle

as Court Clerk

David Plunkett

as Mr. Paulsen

Al Hamacher

as Charles Steele

McKenzie Applegate

as Vickie Ellis

Brody Rose

as Timmy Ellis

Carson Holmes

as Kenneth Ellis

Nadej K. Bailey

as Marilynn Atwater

Kevin Iannucci

as Larry Ellis

Susan Savoie

as Nurse Caitlin

Lucius Baston

as Teacher

Jeanette Branch

as Principal

Jessica Miesel

as Doreen (Waitress)

Rachel Bagley

as Local Reporter

Charles Orr

as NAACP Lawyer

Tim Ware

as Judge Leslie Hallford

Jill Jane Clements

as Secretary

Ned Vaughn

as Wilbur Hobby

Dawntavia Marrero

as Delores Riddick

Sope Aluko

as Henrietta Kaye

Coley Campany

as Charrette Volunteer #1

Elizabeth Omilami

as Marion Wilson

Arin Logan

as Peggy

Kameron Kierce

as Miles

Charles Black

as Reverend Joseph

Aaron K Smalls

as Archie Cox

Hope Leigh

as Charrette Volunteer #2

Bart Hansard

as Horace Bray

Jeremy Madden

as Boone Ewell

Morgan Brown

as Sam Watford

Robert Harvey

as Earl Weeks

Cranston Johnson

as Emmett

Afemo Omilami

as Franklin Mose

Jack Montague

as Alvin

Chanté Bowser

as Nurse Bernadette

Rhoda Griffis

as Nurse Whitney

Wilbur Fitzgerald

as Fire Safety Inspector

Shane Jackson

as Robert Jones

Chanel Young

as Charrette Secretary

Michael Hyland Cole

as Gas Company Man

Shane Biseell

as Youth Corps Member

Annie Cook

as Mrs. Keith

Rae Olivier

as Caroline Kelly

Lindsey Moser

as Cashier

Milton Saul

as Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)

Timothy Carr

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Director

Robin Bissell