Ellis went on to become a labor organizer and died in 2005. In the closing credits, their personalities are reaffirmed by clips of the real Atwater and Ellis, taken from the 2002 documentary "An Unlikely Friendship" by Diane Bloom, a local filmmaker and UNC researcher.Ģ. "That was real," Green said with a laugh. "Stories about hitting people over the head with a telephone receiver?" Green said, referencing a scene from the film. She said she met Ellis when she was a child. She attended a Durham premiere of the film last month and answered media questions on the red carpet. "The stories about knocking chairs around? That was real," said Ann-Nakia Green, Atwater’s 35-year-old granddaughter. While there are some Hollywood liberties taken with the storyline, people connected to the film vouch for the overall story and themes - and a few of their personality traits.
In this case, veteran filmmaker Robin Bissell wrote and directed the film based on the 1996 book, "The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South" by Osha Gray Davidson. Each have their own way of telling the story of Atwater and Ellis, but all have roots in the facts. The story has been told before - in articles, a book, a play and a documentary. Here’s a look at what the film got right, and the answers to some of those questions about what happened in Durham that pivotal year.ġ. Like many films billed as "based on the true story," viewers may have some burning questions to see if some of those Hollywood scenes really played out as dramatically in real life. Ellis (Rockwell), the Exalted Cyclops of the local Ku Klux Klan.
It’s the latest film to depict civil rights history in the South, and it’s based on the real friendship that developed in 1971 between activist Ann Atwater (Henson) and C.P. Henson and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell opens April 5, telling the true story about a black woman and a white KKK leader in Durham who not only become friends, they change history in the process. "The Best of Enemies" film starring "Empire" star Taraji P.
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