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The Best of Enemies
Summary: Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.
Runtime: 2 h 13 min
MPAA: PG-13
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 10,205,616
International: $ 4,197
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