The Best of Enemies Movie

2019 | PG-13 | Drama True Story

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 leade... full plot below

U.S. Release Date

The Best of Enemies release date was Friday, April 5, 2019. This was a Nationwide in theaters release.

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Robin Bissell

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Robin Bissell

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PG-13 for thematic material, racial epithets, some violence and a suggestive reference

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

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