The Best of Enemies

The story

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 & crew

Taraji P. HensonAnn Atwater

Sam RockwellClaiborne Paul Ellis

Babou CeesayBill Riddick

Anne HecheMary Ellis

Wes BentleyFloyd Kelly

Nick SearcyGarland Keith

Bruce McGillCarvie Oldham

John Gallagher Jr.Lee Trombley

Nicholas LoganWiley Yates

Gilbert Glenn BrownHoward Clement

Caitlin MehnerMaddy Mays

Dolan Wilson

Dolan WilsonCouncilman Bill Atkins