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      • Yes, ‘Public Enemies’ is based on a true story. As mentioned before, it depicts the life of gangster John Dillinger and the struggles faced by the FBI to bring him down. For the most part, the movie works closely with all the events mentioned in Bryan Burrough’s book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI 1933-1934.
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  2. Apr 2, 2019 · Like in The Best of Enemies movie, the true story confirms that Ann Atwater first met C.P. Ellis at a city council meeting where Ellis went on a racist diatribe. Atwater lunged at him but her friends restrained her.

  3. Apr 5, 2019 · The Best of Enemies sees Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell explore the true story of an unconventional friendship that formed between a civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan (KKK)...

  4. Apr 5, 2019 · The Best of Enemies: Directed by Robin Bissell. With Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche. Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Robin Bissell
    • 2019-04-05
  5. The Best of Enemies, a new movie starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell, tells the story of how an unlikely friendship developed between Ann Atwater, an African American activist, and C.P. Ellis, a Ku Klux Klan leader.

  6. 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.

  7. Jul 8, 2021 · The Best of Enemies tells a true story. Aside from being based on a bestselling nonfiction book, "The Best of Enemies" also drew from a documentary about Atwater and Ellis titled "An...

  8. May 13, 2012 · Compare the Public Enemies movie to the John Dillinger true story, including girlfriend Billie Frechette and FBI Agent Melvin Purvis. Watch real John Dillinger video after he is arrested for bank robbery and escapes from jail with a toy gun.