Taraji P. Henson
Ann Atwater
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The Best of Enemies is a 2019 American drama film directed and written by Robin Bissell in his feature debut.It is based on the book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson, which focuses on the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis.
- $10 million
- Marcelo Zarvos
- April 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 · A biographical drama about the true story of Ann Atwater, a civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a KKK leader, who worked together to integrate schools in Durham, North Carolina. See cast, crew, reviews, awards, trivia, and more on IMDb.
- Robin Bissell
- 140
- 3 min
Apr 5, 2019 · A historical drama about the friendship between a civil rights activist and a Klan leader during the school desegregation crisis in 1971. Critics and audiences are divided on the film's quality, praising the performances but criticizing the perspective and the script.
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- Robin Bissell
- PG-13
- Taraji P. Henson
Apr 5, 2019 · Advertisement. This, dear readers, is what “The Best of Enemies” is about, and I have no problems with that. Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. My issues all stem from how this movie is about that story. Director Robin Bissell ’s script has more sympathy for, and pays more attention to, the Klansman than the Black children whose ...
Watch Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell star as a civil rights activist and a Klan leader who form an unlikely friendship in 1971. The Best of Enemies is a Netflix original movie inspired by a book and a real-life event.
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Apr 3, 2019 · Unlike other movies on similar subjects, “The Best of Enemies” doesn’t treat racial prejudice as a freakish, isolated pathology, but rather as an unremarkable, omnipresent fact of life. C.P ...
