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The Best of Enemies (2019)

The Best of Enemies poster
Directed by
Robin Bissell
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 13m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 486 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film tells the true story of a civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader in 1970s North Carolina who are forced to co-chair a community meeting on school desegregation. Over time, their hostile rivalry begins to shift toward understanding.

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What happens

The Best of Enemies is a 2019 American drama film directed and written by Robin Bissell in his feature debut. It is based on the 1996 book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson, which focuses on the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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