The best of enemies

Resource Information

The work The best of enemies represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Barrington Area Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The best of enemies

Statement of responsibility

STXfilms presents ; an Astute Films production ; in association with Rambler Entertainment ; produced by Danny Strong, Fred Bernstein, Matt Berenson, Robin Bissell, Dominique Telson, Tobey Maguire, Matthew Plouffe ; written and directed by Robin Bissel

Contributor

• Bentley, Wes, 1978-
• Searcy, Nick
• Maguire, Tobey, 1975-
• Telson, Dominique, 1961-
• McGill, Bruce, 1950-
• Plouffe, Matthew
• Bissell, Robin, 1968-
• Rockwell, Sam
• Strong, Danny, 1974-
• Bernstein, Fred
• Ceesay, Babou, 1979-
• Davidson, Osha Gray
• Heche, Anne
• Berenson, Matt
• Henson, Taraji P.

Actor

• Rockwell, Sam
• Searcy, Nick
• Ceesay, Babou, 1979-
• Heche, Anne
• Bentley, Wes, 1978-
• Henson, Taraji P.
• McGill, Bruce, 1950-

Film director

• Bissell, Robin, 1968-

Film producer

• Bissell, Robin, 1968-
• Telson, Dominique, 1961-
• Strong, Danny, 1974-
• Plouffe, Matthew
• Maguire, Tobey, 1975-
• Berenson, Matt
• Bernstein, Fred

Screenwriter

• Bissell, Robin, 1968-

Subject

• Films for people with visual disabilities
• Atwater, Ann, 1935- -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Civil rights workers -- North Carolina | Durham -- Drama
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Drama
• School integration -- North Carolina | Durham -- Drama
• Feature films
• Ellis, C. P., (Claiborne Paul) -- Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Drama
• Historical films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for people with visual disabilities
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Racial tension runs high in 1971 Durham, North Carolina as residents continue to fight the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate their schools. A series of town meetings are called to discuss the matter. Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis, the meeting co-chairs, have very different views. Passionately advocating for school integration is a way of life for Atwater, a champion for Civil Rights. C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops leading the Durham chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, vehemently opposes it. As the meetings progress, Atwater and Ellis learn they have more in common than they thought

Member of

• Best of enemies (Motion picture : 2019)

Cataloging source

W8N

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Marcelo Zarvos ; editor, Harry Yoon ; director of photography, David Lanzenberg

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; thematic material, racial epithets, some violence, and a suggestive reference

Language note

In English; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities

PerformerNote

Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Nick Searcy, Bruce McGill

Runtime

133

Technique

live action