The Best of Enemies - DVD

1968 USA is in political turmoil due to the Viet Nam War and a presidential primaries are starting. 3rd ranked ABC decides to hold commentary debates after each broadcast between ultra conservative author, political commentator William F. Buckley Jr. And liberal author/screenwriter/commentator Gore Vidal. The lively debates lit up television, politics, and America, and elevated ABC's floundering news division.

1968 USA is in political turmoil due to the Viet Nam War and a presidential primaries are starting. 3rd ranked ABC decides to hold commentary debates after each broadcast between ultra conservative author, political commentator William F. Buckley Jr. And liberal author/screenwriter/commentator Gore Vidal. The lively debates lit up television, politics, and America, and elevated ABC's floundering news division.

By 1971 in Durham, North Carolina, civil rights activist Ann Atwater (Taraji P. Henson) had known for a decade that she had a determined and hostile opponent to her agenda in local KKK leader C.P. Ellis (Sam Rockwell). When the city's sole school for blacks was torched, local government asked both to co-chair a community resolution on desegregation... and put them on an unlikely path to mutual understanding. Fact-based drama co-stars Ann Heche, Wes Bentley, Bruce McGill, Babou Ceesay. 133 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.