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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 ...
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The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Bruce McGill, John Gallagher Jr., and Nick Searcy. It was released in the United States on April 5, 2019, by STX Entertainment.
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
- ‘The Best of Enemies’ Plot Summary
- The Leads – Roughhouse Annie vs. The Exalted Corps.
- The Stimulants/Influencers of Change – The Supporting Actors.
- In Conclusion
1971 witnessed desegregation as an existing and prevalent legal mandate in the state of North Carolina. However, the White Supremacists assumed power and held that position with the aid of C.P. Ellis, leading them from the front. The film opens with a small instance of Ann sitting with a certain city representative to fix a women’s water pipes and ...
The film depicts two contrasting characters leading complicated lives in poor conditions in a divided town – we see the characters build the plot through their life experiences. A social cause like the integration of the black and white children in Durham Elementary, primarily a white school, becomes the clarion call for change. Director and writer...
The Best of Enemiesbegins on a cold note of dagger-bearing. The face-off is neutralized when a certain Bill Riddick, portrayed by Babou Ceesay, ice-skates his way into the town to begin his well-known charrettes- a method to bring communities together to reach a practical and mutually agreed-upon resolution to any issue that the town is facing, cre...
The final outcome is that racist individuals in the White community continue to hold a certain level of dislike for C.P, while there is a surprising turn of events. Ann Atwater reveals her genuine nature by bringing the other half of the town to C.P’s gas pump that was close to shutting (after C.P’s pump almost nearly blows up), elegantly saying th...
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Mar 31, 2019 · Taraji P. Henson portrays civil rights activist Ann Atwater in the new film 'The Best of Enemies' (Photo via YouTube). The powerhouse acting chops of both Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell...
