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The Red-Carpet Treatment
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The Carolina Theatre presented a special screening of “The Best of Enemies” March 19 in celebration of the city’s 150th anniversary. Based on a true story, the film centers on the relationship between Ann Atwater, a civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader, who teamed up in the early 1970s to lead community discussions on school desegregation in Durham. Taraji P. Henson, who plays Ann in the movie, writer-director-producer Robin Bissell, producer Dominique Telson, Bill Riddick, who mediated the real-life discussions and was portrayed in the film, and family members of Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis made a red-carpet appearance before the screening. The film was released nationally on April 5. Spirited pearl designs for spirited people!
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1 Ann Atwater’s niece, Sandra Powell, her granddaughter, Ann-Nakia Green, and her nephew, Franklin Thurman. 2 Taraji P. Henson, actress who portrays Ann Atwater in the film. 3 Susan Amey, Margaret Pentrack and Veda Gilbert of Discover Durham. 4 Lao Rubert and her husband, Mayor Steve Schewel. 5 Walter Jackson, Cecil Brown and James Tabron, executive director of Operation Breakthrough.