The Best of Enemies Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Oct. 27, 2019

The Best of Enemies

Release Date: Friday, April 5, 2019 Nationwide

Taraji P. Henson, Wes Bentley, Sam Rockwell, Matt Berenson, Anne Heche, Bruce McGill, Danny Strong, John Gallagher Jr., Nick Searcy, Robin Bissell, Babou Ceesay, Dominique Telson, Fred Bernstein

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

Based on a true story, The Best of Enemies centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), 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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Best of Enemies.

Taraji P. Henson
Hidden Figures, The Color Purple
Sam Rockwell
The Bad Guys 2, Trolls World Tour
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Babou Ceesay
Anne Heche
Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse, Supercell
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Wes Bentley
Interstellar, The Hunger Games
Bruce McGill
American Underdog, Poms
J
John Gallagher Jr.
I.S.S. , I.S.S
N
Nick Searcy
The Last Song, Terror on the Prairie

Crew Behind the Film

The The Best of Enemies behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director: Robin Bissell
Screenwriter: Robin Bissell
Producers: Matt Berenson
Fred Bernstein
Danny Strong
Dominique Telson

Studios: STXfilms
Production Company: Material Pictures

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic material, racial epithets, some violence and a suggestive reference
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Official The Best of Enemies movie trailers and clips.

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The Best of Enemies Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the The Best of Enemies movie production.

Key Facts

Inspired by the true events chronicled in "The Best Of Enemies: Race And Redemption In The New South" by Osha Gray Davidson.

Production Updates

Jul 2018

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Oct 2015

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Best of Enemies was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, April 5, 2019. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including Shazam!, Pet Sematary and The Public.

Movie Theaters

2019-04-05 Nationwide

United States

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