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FRIDAY MOVIE, APRIL 5, 2019
THE BEST OF ENEMIES (A True Story)
GATEWAY THEATRE (1820 East Sunrise Blvd)
STARTS: 6:50 PM – Meet inside lobby
DINNER – ALL FRIENDS WELCOME
BIG LOUIE’S PIZZERIA (1900 E Sunrise next to Gateway plaza)
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Movie has comedy, racial drama, history & entertainment
Synopsis of Movie (133 Minutes)
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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The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South:
C. P. Ellis grew up in the poor white section of Durham, North Carolina, and as a young man joined the Ku Klux Klan. Ann Atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fight. During the 1960s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, Atwater and Ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issue. Their encounters were charged with hatred and suspicion.
Rich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-twentieth-century South, The Best of Enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all odds. By placing this very personal story into broader context, Osha Gray Davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class, and that cooperation is possible–even in the most divisive situations–when people begin to listen to one another
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