It was very important for me to get it right because she has a whole community that loves her and lifts her up still. The Best of Enemies movie reviewed Close A new Hollywood film explores the unusual alliance that emerges between a local leader of the white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan, and a black. Henson also commented on the family's acceptance of her role, telling the outlet, "The family said I was spot-on. A British major (David Niven) and an Italian captain (Alberto Sordi) gain respect for each other in 1941 Ethiopia. This book has a distinctly National Public Radio flavoring to it. Atwater's granddaughter Ann-Nakia Green attended the premiere and dubbed it "moving, funny, beautiful, and relevant" (per THR). The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson (Scribner 1996) (305.800). Oscar nominee Taraji P Henson (Hidden Figures) is Ann Atwater, fighting for school integration in 1971 Durham, North Carolina in this true. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly. Though Atwater died in 2016, Bissell and the rest of the crew on "The Best of Enemies" got approval from her family for both the movie and Henson's portrayal of her. Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Tambay Obenson of IndieWire explained why the white savior trope is hurtful: "Audiences are routinely fed a saccharine treatment of racial conflict in movies that center the transformations of white protagonists (whether real or concocted), in what ultimately becomes a sort of interracial buddy-comedy-drama, as is the case with films like 'The Best of Enemies' and 'Green Book.' These movies shield white audiences from the true horrors of the period, particularly the physical and psychological toll on many black people faced with intimidation and violence, by relegating them to supporting roles in their own fight for freedom and recognition."