The Best of Enemies
Robin Bissell2019-04-05
Change is worth fighting for
7.4
133 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Taraji P. Henson | Ann Atwater | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
 |
Sam Rockwell | Claiborne Paul Ellis | Goutbreak |
 |
Babou Ceesay | Bill Riddick | Unowned |
 |
Anne Heche | Mary Ellis | Goutbreak |
 |
Wes Bentley | Floyd Kelly | Goutbreak |
 |
Nick Searcy | Garland Keith | Unowned |
 |
Bruce McGill | Carvie Oldham | Unowned |
 |
John Gallagher Jr. | Lee Trombley | Calvin and Nobbs |
 |
Nicholas Logan | Wiley Yates | Unowned |
 |
Gilbert Glenn Brown | Howard Clement | Unowned |
 |
Caitlin Mehner | Maddy Mays | Unowned |
 |
Dolan Wilson | Councilman Bill Atkins | Unowned |
|
Morgan Mackey | Young Mother | Unowned |
 |
Kendall Ryan Sanders | Ben Butler | Unowned |
 |
Chris Cavalier | Leonard | Unowned |
|
Malerie Grady | Singing White Woman | Unowned |
 |
Ryan Dinning | Jeb | Unowned |
|
Najah Jackson | Operation Breakthrough Staffer | Unowned |
 |
Bethany DeZelle | Court Clerk | Unowned |
|
David Plunkett | Mr. Paulsen | Unowned |
 |
Al Hamacher | Charles Steele | Unowned |
|
McKenzie Applegate | Vickie Ellis | Unowned |
 |
Brody Rose | Timmy Ellis | Unowned |
 |
Carson Holmes | Kenneth Ellis | Unowned |
 |
Nadej K. Bailey | Marilynn Atwater | Unowned |
 |
Kevin Iannucci | Larry Ellis | Unowned |
 |
Susan Williams | Nurse Caitlin | Unowned |
 |
Lucius Baston | Teacher | Unowned |
 |
Jeanette Branch | Principal | Unowned |
 |
Jessica Miesel | Doreen (Waitress) | Unowned |
|
Rachel Bagley | Local Reporter | Unowned |
|
Charles Orr | NAACP Lawyer | Unowned |
 |
Tim Ware | Judge Leslie Hallford | Unowned |
 |
Jill Jane Clements | Secretary | Unowned |
 |
Ned Vaughn | Wilbur Hobby | Unowned |
|
Dawntavia Bullard | Delores Riddick | Unowned |
 |
Sope Aluko | Henrietta Kaye | Unowned |
 |
Coley Campany | Charrette Volunteer #1 | Unowned |
 |
Elizabeth Omilami | Marion Wilson | Unowned |
 |
Arin Logan | Peggy | Unowned |
 |
Kameron Kierce | Miles | Unowned |
|
Charles Black | Reverend Joseph | Unowned |
|
Aaron K Smalls | Archie Cox | Unowned |
|
Hope Leigh | Charrette Volunteer #2 | Unowned |
 |
Bart Hansard | Horace Bray | Unowned |
|
Jeremy Madden | Boone Ewell | Unowned |
 |
Morgan Brown | Sam Watford | Unowned |
 |
Robert Harvey | Earl Weeks | Unowned |
 |
Cranston Johnson | Emmett | Unowned |
 |
Afemo Omilami | Franklin Mose | Unowned |
|
Jack Montague | Alvin | Unowned |
 |
Chanté Bowser | Nurse Bernadette | Unowned |
 |
Rhoda Griffis | Nurse Whitney | Unowned |
 |
Wilbur Fitzgerald | Fire Safety Inspector | Unowned |
 |
Shane Jackson | Robert Jones | Unowned |
 |
Chanel Young | Charrette Secretary | Unowned |
|
Michael Hyland Cole | Gas Company Man | Unowned |
|
Shane Biseell | Youth Corps Member | Unowned |
 |
Annie Cook | Mrs. Keith | Unowned |
 |
Rae Olivier | Caroline Kelly | Unowned |
 |
Lindsey Moser | Cashier | Unowned |
 |
Milton Saul | Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited) | Unowned |
 |
Timothy Carr | Police Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |