"The Best of Enemies" quotes
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
Writer: Robin Bissell, Osha Gray Davidson
Production: N/A
Year: 2019
MetaScore: 49/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: $10,205,616
Released: 05 Apr 2019
Awards: 5 nominations
2 video clips
Cast
Ann Atwater - Taraji P. Henson
C.P. Ellis - Sam Rockwell
Bill Riddick - Babou Ceesay
Mary Ellis - Anne Heche
Floyd Kelly - Wes Bentley
Garland Keith - Nick Searcy
Carvie Oldham - Bruce McGill
Lee Tromblay - John Gallagher Jr.
Wiley Yates - Nicholas Logan
Howard Clement - Gilbert Glenn Brown
Maddy Mays - Caitlin Mehner
Councilman Bill Atkins - Dolan Wilson
Young Mother - Morgan Mackey
Ben Butler - Kendall Ryan Sanders
Leonard - Chris Cavalier
Singing White Woman - Malerie Grady
Jeb - Ryan Dinning
Operation Breakthrough Staffer - Najah Jackson
Court Clerk - Bethany DeZelle
Mr. Paulsen - David Plunkett
Charles Steele - Al Hamacher
Vickie Ellis - McKenzie Applegate
Timmy Ellis - Brody Rose
Kenneth Ellis - Carson Holmes
Marilynn Atwater - Nadej K. Bailey
Larry Ellis - Kevin Iannucci
Nurse Caitlin - Susan Savoie
Teacher - Lucius Baston
Principal - Jeanette Branch
Doreen (Waitress) - Jessica Miesel
Local Reporter - Rachel Bagley
NAACP Lawyer - Charles Orr
Judge Leslie Hallford - Tim Ware
Secretary - Jill Jane Clements
Wilbur Hobby - Ned Vaughn
Delores Riddick - Dawntavia Bullard
Henrietta Kaye - Sope Aluko
Charrette Volunteer #1 - Coley Campany
Marion Wilson - Elizabeth Omilami
Peggy - Arin Logan
Miles - Kameron Kierce
Reverend Joseph - Charles Black
Archie Cox - Aaron K Smalls
Charrette Volunteer #2 - Hope Leigh
Horace Bray - Bart Hansard
Boone Ewell - Jeremy Daniel Madden
Sam Watford - Morgan Brown
Earl Weeks - Robert Harvey
Emmett - Cranston Johnson
Franklin Mose - Afemo Omilami
Alvin - Jack Montague
Nurse Bernadette - Chanté Bowser
Nurse Whitney - Rhoda Griffis
Fire Safety Inspector - Wilbur Fitzgerald
Robert Jones - Shane Jackson
Charrette Secretary - Chanel Young
Gas Company Man - Michael Hyland Cole
Youth Corps Member - Shane Biseell
Mrs. Keith - Annie Cook
Caroline Kelly - Rae Olivier
Cashier - Lindsey Moser
Youth Corps - Lexston Bearss
Courthouse Visitor - Fred Bobbitt
Student - Jasmine Bolton
Charrette Member - Anastasia Burnett
Councilman - James Burns
Charretee Attendee - Andrea Antonio Canal
Police Officer - Timothy Carr
Charette - Lucie Carroll
Gas Company Man - Michael H. Cole
Anne's Army - Joy Johnson Coleman
Klansman - John Collier
Parent - Marcy Conway
Charles - Kyle Crawford
Baseball Player - Aidan Daly
Klansman - Steven Dutton
Youth Corps - Jacob Evans
Courthouse Cop - Martin Feigen
Parent - Curtis Gammage
Parent - Michele Garren
Student - Clifford Gay
Activist - Cecil M. Henry
Klansman - Thomas Mark Higgins
Ann's Army - Maxwell Highsmith
Kligraph Roy - Jon Horstman
Student - Lauren Jenkins
Student - Sierra D Jones
Charette - Rae Jordan
Bailiff - Jeffrey Kimble
Reporter - Tweed Michael Manning
Cyrus (Uniformed Patrolman) - Wes McGee
Parent - Perla Middleton
Bailiff - Timothy D. Montjoy
School Kid - Devito Parker Jr.
Klan Member - Mason Pike
Klansman - Michael G. Plumides Jr.
Worker - Letecia Reeder
Parent - Milton Saul
Actor - Jared Sawyer Jr.
Protest Staffer - Jennifer Sears
Protester - Ashley Shanea
Parent - Kimberly Shires
Charrette Member - Wayne Smith Jr.
Waitress - Alyssa Marie Stilwell
Durham News Reporter - Shannon Thomas
Angry Klan Wife - Elizabeth Thorp
Klansman - Joey Thurmond
Kid - Isaac Tillman
Dive Bar Patron - Lina Zalewski