Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay
Overview
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.
Director
Robin Bissell
Production
Material Pictures, STXfilms, Stage 6 Films, Astute Films
Cast
Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Nick Searcy, Bruce McGill, John Gallagher Jr., Nicholas Logan, Gilbert Glenn Brown, Caitlin Mehner, Dolan Wilson, Morgan Mackey, Kendall Ryan Sanders, Chris Cavalier, Malerie Grady, Ryan Dinning, Najah Jackson, Bethany DeZelle, David Plunkett