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.
Keywords:
Based on novel or book
Ku klux klan
1970s
North carolina
Based on true story
Racism
Interracial friendship
Segregation
Movie tag line: "Change is worth fighting for"
Character: Ann Atwater
Character: Claiborne Paul Ellis
Character: Bill Riddick
Character: Mary Ellis
Character: Floyd Kelly