Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, 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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Film Cast:
- Ann Atwater: Taraji P. Henson
- Claiborne Paul Ellis: Sam Rockwell
- Bill Riddick: Babou Ceesay
- Mary Ellis: Anne Heche
- Floyd Kelly: Wes Bentley
- Garland Keith: Nick Searcy
- Carvie Oldham: Bruce McGill
- Lee Trombley: John Gallagher Jr.
- Wiley Yates: Nicholas Logan
- Howard Clement: Gilbert Glenn Brown
- Maddy Mays: Caitlin Mehner
- Councilman Bill Atkins: Dolan Wilson
- Young Mother: Morgan Mackey
- Ben Butler: Kendall Ryan Sanders
- Leonard: Chris Cavalier
- Singing White Woman: Malerie Grady
- Jeb: Ryan Dinning
- Operation Breakthrough Staffer: Najah Jackson
- Court Clerk: Bethany DeZelle
- Mr. Paulsen: David Plunkett
- Charles Steele: Al Hamacher
- Vickie Ellis: McKenzie Applegate
- Timmy Ellis: Brody Rose
- Kenneth Ellis: Carson Holmes
- Marilynn Atwater: Nadej K. Bailey
- Larry Ellis: Kevin Iannucci
- Nurse Caitlin: Susan Williams
- Teacher: Lucius Baston
- Principal: Jeanette Branch
- Doreen (Waitress): Jessica Miesel
- Local Reporter: Rachel Bagley
- NAACP Lawyer: Charles Orr
- Judge Leslie Hallford: Tim Ware
- Secretary: Jill Jane Clements
- Wilbur Hobby: Ned Vaughn
- Delores Riddick: Dawntavia Bullard
- Henrietta Kaye: Sope Aluko
- Charrette Volunteer #1: Coley Campany
- Marion Wilson: Elizabeth Omilami
- Peggy: Arin Logan
- Miles: Kameron Kierce
- Reverend Joseph: Charles Black
- Archie Cox: Aaron K Smalls
- Charrette Volunteer #2: Hope Leigh
- Horace Bray: Bart Hansard
- Boone Ewell: Jeremy Madden
- Sam Watford: Morgan Brown
- Earl Weeks: Robert Harvey
- Emmett: Cranston Johnson
- Franklin Mose: Afemo Omilami
- Alvin: Jack Montague
- Nurse Bernadette: Chanté Bowser
- Nurse Whitney: Rhoda Griffis
- Fire Safety Inspector: Wilbur Fitzgerald
- Robert Jones: Shane Jackson
- Charrette Secretary: Chanel Young
- Gas Company Man: Michael Hyland Cole
- Youth Corps Member: Shane Biseell
- Mrs. Keith: Annie Cook
- Caroline Kelly: Rae Olivier
- Cashier: Lindsey Moser
- Parent / Ann’s Army (uncredited): Milton Saul
- Police Officer (uncredited): Timothy Carr
Film Crew:
- Producer: Tobey Maguire
- Producer: Danny Strong
- Writer: Robin Bissell
- Producer: Matt Berenson
- Executive Producer: Jeremiah Samuels
- Producer: Dominique Telson
- Book: Osha Gray Davidson
- Producer: Matthew Plouffe
- Producer: Fred Bernstein
- Executive Producer: Rick Jackson
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