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The Best of Enemies

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.

Director

Robin Bissell

Year

Genre

Box Office

$10,205,616

Production

Material Pictures,STXfilms,Stage 6 Films,Astute Films

Awards

5 nominations

Homepage

http://thebestofenemies.movie

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Ann Atwater

Taraji P. Henson

C.P. Ellis

Bill Riddick

Mary Ellis

Floyd Kelly

Garland Keith

Carvie Oldham

Lee Tromblay

John Gallagher Jr.

Wiley Yates

Howard Clement

Gilbert Glenn Brown

Maddy Mays

Councilman Bill Atkins

Young Mother

Ben Butler

Kendall Ryan Sanders

Leonard

Singing White Woman

Jeb

Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Court Clerk

Bethany DeZelle

Mr. Paulsen

Charles Steele

Vickie Ellis

McKenzie Applegate

Timmy Ellis

Kenneth Ellis

Marilynn Atwater

Nadej K. Bailey

Larry Ellis

Nurse Caitlin

Teacher

Principal

Jeanette Branch

Doreen (Waitress)

Local Reporter

NAACP Lawyer

Judge Leslie Hallford

Secretary

Jill Jane Clements

Wilbur Hobby

Delores Riddick

Dawntavia Bullard

Henrietta Kaye

Charrette Volunteer #1

Marion Wilson

Elizabeth Omilami

Peggy

Miles

Reverend Joseph

Archie Cox

Charrette Volunteer #2

Horace Bray

Boone Ewell

Jeremy Daniel Madden

Sam Watford

Earl Weeks

Emmett

Cranston Johnson

Franklin Mose

Alvin

Nurse Bernadette

Nurse Whitney

Fire Safety Inspector

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Robert Jones

Charrette Secretary

Gas Company Man

Michael Hyland Cole

Youth Corps Member

Mrs. Keith

Caroline Kelly

Cashier

Youth Corps

Courthouse Visitor

Student

Charrette Member

Anastasia Burnett

Councilman

Charretee Attendee

Andrea Antonio Canal

Police Officer

Charette

Gas Company Man

Michael H. Cole

Anne's Army

Joy Johnson Coleman

Klansman

Parent

Charles

Baseball Player

Klansman

Youth Corps

Courthouse Cop

Parent

Parent

Student

Activist

Klansman

Thomas Mark Higgins

Ann's Army

Maxwell Highsmith

Kligraph Roy

Student

Student

Charette

Bailiff

Reporter

Tweed Michael Manning

Cyrus (Uniformed Patrolman)

Parent

Perla Middleton

Bailiff

Timothy D. Montjoy

School Kid

Devito Parker Jr.

Klan Member

Klansman

Michael G. Plumides Jr.

Worker

Parent

Actor

Jared Sawyer Jr.

Protest Staffer

Protester

Parent

Kimberly Shires

Charrette Member

Wayne Smith Jr.

Waitress

Alyssa Marie Stilwell

Durham News Reporter

Angry Klan Wife

Elizabeth Thorp

Klansman

Kid

Dive Bar Patron

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C.p. Ellis Mary Ellis Ann Atwater

Keep us unfettered from the world
that we might fight the good fight - The Best of Enemies

Keep us unfettered from the world that we might fight the go...

May we as brethren and Klansmen be
steadfast and unremovable. - The Best of Enemies

May we as brethren and Klansmen be steadfast and unremovable...

As we go hence from this Klavern
into the struggle of the alien world, - The Best of Enemies

As we go hence from this Klavern into the struggle of the al...

Non silba, sed anthar. - The Best of Enemies

Non silba, sed anthar.

To help protect
the white race of America - The Best of Enemies

To help protect the white race of America

It's our rights,
our freedoms, - The Best of Enemies

It's our rights, our freedoms,

Brotherhood, standing in the community,
and a sense of pride - The Best of Enemies

Brotherhood, standing in the community, and a sense of pride

But, most importantly,
it will be a reminder every day - The Best of Enemies

But, most importantly, it will be a reminder every day

Miss Dupree...
Yes, I know, Miss Dupree, but... - The Best of Enemies

Miss Dupree... Yes, I know, Miss Dupree, but...

Cissy, you better get your ass
down to City Hall tonight. - The Best of Enemies

Cissy, you better get your ass down to City Hall tonight.

I have been a single mother
ever since I was 16, - The Best of Enemies

I have been a single mother ever since I was 16,

I better see your face
looking black and angry. - The Best of Enemies

I better see your face looking black and angry.

Ann Atwater and all her
Operation Breakthrough niggers - The Best of Enemies

Ann Atwater and all her Operation Breakthrough niggers

In the matter of the Edgemont
community housing, - The Best of Enemies

In the matter of the Edgemont community housing,

As you know,
Mr. Greenfeld prides himself - The Best of Enemies

As you know, Mr. Greenfeld prides himself

As with any dwelling,
from time to time, - The Best of Enemies

As with any dwelling, from time to time,

Mr. Greenfeld fully intends to address any of these issues - The Best of Enemies

Mr. Greenfeld fully intends to address any of these issues

However, with
the recent inclement weather, - The Best of Enemies

However, with the recent inclement weather,

We ask
that the council grant us - The Best of Enemies

We ask that the council grant us

Uncomfortable housing
and unaffordable rent - The Best of Enemies

Uncomfortable housing and unaffordable rent

Now, I have here with me - The Best of Enemies

Now, I have here with me

I brought them here with me
'cause, obviously, - The Best of Enemies

I brought them here with me 'cause, obviously,

Now we are fed up
with this man - The Best of Enemies

Now we are fed up with this man

He has absolutely no care
for his tenants' living conditions. - The Best of Enemies

He has absolutely no care for his tenants' living condi...

We humans.
Humans shouldn't have to live like this. - The Best of Enemies

We humans. Humans shouldn't have to live like this.

And I will personally - The Best of Enemies

And I will personally

At this time, the council will grant
the requested 90-day extension. - The Best of Enemies

At this time, the council will grant the requested 90-day ex...

Marilynn! Girl,
you forgot your lunch. - The Best of Enemies

Marilynn! Girl, you forgot your lunch.

You'd forget your head if it wasn't attached
to your shoulders. Go on now. - The Best of Enemies

You'd forget your head if it wasn't attached to yo...

You got eggs
and maple syrup. - The Best of Enemies

You got eggs and maple syrup.

So you must multiply
the three on this side by two. - The Best of Enemies

So you must multiply the three on this side by two.

But remember,
whatever you do to the bottom, - The Best of Enemies

But remember, whatever you do to the bottom,

Good. So I want
you to go ahead, - The Best of Enemies

Good. So I want you to go ahead,

Most likely electrical,
the way they keep this place up, - The Best of Enemies

Most likely electrical, the way they keep this place up,

Oh, are you talking about
how small your pecker is again, Wiley? - The Best of Enemies

Oh, are you talking about how small your pecker is again, Wi...

Yeah, it ain't that kind
of funny. That's for sure. - The Best of Enemies

Yeah, it ain't that kind of funny. That's for sure...

Garland. Garland Keith,
my friend. You're out late. - The Best of Enemies

Garland. Garland Keith, my friend. You're out late.

Well, something must be awfully important
for you to lower yourself - The Best of Enemies

Well, something must be awfully important for you to lower y...

I like the White Citizens'
Council, - The Best of Enemies

I like the White Citizens' Council,

I'm always honored to mop up
after them, do the dirty work. - The Best of Enemies

I'm always honored to mop up after them, do the dirty w...

There was a fire out
at East End Elementary today. - The Best of Enemies

There was a fire out at East End Elementary today.

The parents have already filed
a petition to allow the students - The Best of Enemies

The parents have already filed a petition to allow the stude...

The fire was strictly limited - The Best of Enemies

The fire was strictly limited

May have to look into one of them
private schools outside of town. - The Best of Enemies

May have to look into one of them private schools outside of...

- Oh, yeah. How we gonna pay for that?
- I'm working on it. - The Best of Enemies

- Oh, yeah. How we gonna pay for that? - I'm working on...

Ain't nothing gonna work until you start selling
gas to the other half of Durham. - The Best of Enemies

Ain't nothing gonna work until you start selling gas to...

How's it gonna look
if the president of the Klan - The Best of Enemies

How's it gonna look if the president of the Klan

I... I didn't know that the Klan
paid your bills. - The Best of Enemies

I... I didn't know that the Klan paid your bills.

You spend all that time
at Klavern hall - The Best of Enemies

You spend all that time at Klavern hall

This emergency council meeting
was called late last night - The Best of Enemies

This emergency council meeting was called late last night

This council is facing
some difficult decisions. - The Best of Enemies

This council is facing some difficult decisions.

Tonight, we've had to consider - The Best of Enemies

Tonight, we've had to consider

We've heard testimony
from the marshal - The Best of Enemies

We've heard testimony from the marshal

Now what we talking about is important, - The Best of Enemies

Now what we talking about is important,

Kindly take your seat
before I have a deputy remove you. - The Best of Enemies

Kindly take your seat before I have a deputy remove you.

Now then, - The Best of Enemies

One, is East End
a safe and habitable place - The Best of Enemies

One, is East End a safe and habitable place

And two, would the students
of Durham Elementary - The Best of Enemies

And two, would the students of Durham Elementary

Our answer to both
of these questions - The Best of Enemies

Our answer to both of these questions

With the limited number of classrooms
that remain at East End, - The Best of Enemies

With the limited number of classrooms that remain at East En...

One from 7:00 a.m. to noon,
the other from noon to 5:00. - The Best of Enemies

One from 7:00 a.m. to noon, the other from noon to 5:00.

WDNC news time, 9:00 a.m. - The Best of Enemies

WDNC news time, 9:00 a.m.

Full and immediate integration
of all Durham public schools. - The Best of Enemies

Full and immediate integration of all Durham public schools.

These idiots just sent kids back
into a school that's still smoking. - The Best of Enemies

These idiots just sent kids back into a school that's s...

I pass it down,
it's the same as ruling against. - The Best of Enemies

I pass it down, it's the same as ruling against.

I asked you here for your counsel,
Wilbur, not a lecture. - The Best of Enemies

I asked you here for your counsel, Wilbur, not a lecture.

Delaying the inevitable,
that's all that would be. - The Best of Enemies

Delaying the inevitable, that's all that would be.

No. You delay to allow the people of Durham
to reach their own decision. - The Best of Enemies

No. You delay to allow the people of Durham to reach their o...

He runs a department
at Shaw University down in Raleigh. - The Best of Enemies

He runs a department at Shaw University down in Raleigh.

They're kind of, uh, these
official community summits - The Best of Enemies

They're kind of, uh, these official community summits

They're called charrettes.
He's had some pretty good results. - The Best of Enemies

They're called charrettes. He's had some pretty go...

Wilbur, get this guy
of yours up here. - The Best of Enemies

Wilbur, get this guy of yours up here.

Why does this phone call
worry me? - The Best of Enemies

Why does this phone call worry me?

Well, nothing a heavy dose
of Bill Riddick can't solve. - The Best of Enemies

Well, nothing a heavy dose of Bill Riddick can't solve.

Hello? - The Best of Enemies

Well, all the more reason.
We need you. - The Best of Enemies

Well, all the more reason. We need you.

Besides, it'll get you
out of the house. - The Best of Enemies

Besides, it'll get you out of the house.

- I'll see you in a few hours, Bill.
- A... A few hours? - The Best of Enemies

- I'll see you in a few hours, Bill. - A... A few hours...

Now, I've asked
Bill Riddick here - The Best of Enemies

Now, I've asked Bill Riddick here

And, in the meantime,
what in good Christ is a charrette? - The Best of Enemies

And, in the meantime, what in good Christ is a charrette?

I'm not looking for a fill-up.
Mr. Ellis? - The Best of Enemies

I'm not looking for a fill-up. Mr. Ellis?

Well, Mr. Ellis, I've been asked
to organize a charrette. - The Best of Enemies

Well, Mr. Ellis, I've been asked to organize a charrett...

Are you here to ask me
to come to your integration meetings? - The Best of Enemies

Are you here to ask me to come to your integration meetings?

Well, for now,
just lunch. - The Best of Enemies

Well, for now, just lunch.

- Lunch?
- Tomorrow, - The Best of Enemies

- Lunch? - Tomorrow,

- You're not from around here, uh, Mister...
- Riddick. - The Best of Enemies

- You're not from around here, uh, Mister... - Riddick.

Folks in this town,
and especially me, - The Best of Enemies

Folks in this town, and especially me,

So, uh, if you truly
represent your people, - The Best of Enemies

So, uh, if you truly represent your people,

C.P., what do you
think would happen - The Best of Enemies

C.P., what do you think would happen

A liberal and Ann Atwater
will pass integration - The Best of Enemies

A liberal and Ann Atwater will pass integration

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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 Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Robin Bissell

Writer: Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson

Production: Material Pictures,STXfilms,Stage 6 Films,Astute Films

Genre: drama, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 49/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $10,205,616

Released: 05 Apr 2019

Awards: 5 nominations

Homepage: http://thebestofenemies.movie

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