Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Taraji P. Henson | ... | Ann Atwater | |
Sam Rockwell | ... | C.P. Ellis | |
Babou Ceesay | ... | Bill Riddick | |
Anne Heche | ... | Mary Ellis | |
Wes Bentley | ... | Floyd Kelly | |
Nick Searcy | ... | Garland Keith | |
Bruce McGill | ... | Carvie Oldham | |
John Gallagher Jr. | ... | Lee Tromblay | |
Nicholas Logan | ... | Wiley Yates | |
Gilbert Glenn Brown | ... | Howard Clement | |
Caitlin Mehner | ... | Maddy Mays | |
Dolan Wilson | ... | Councilman Bill Atkins | |
Morgan Mackey | ... | Young Mother | |
Kendall Ryan Sanders | ... | Ben Butler | |
Chris Cavalier | ... | Leonard |
Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.
Soo I enjoyed this film and I was really looking forward to it, but it left me wanting more. Taraji and Sam were both great and the supporting class was awesome but... I was drawn to this film not necessarily for another civil rights film, but to see the relationship between these two characters grow from overflowing discourse to compromise to friendship. I didn't see that. I saw a few side bar comments and one or two cross words but mostly this film showed a man struggling to let go of his anger and hatred for a race he really didn't understand under the cloud of civil rights and the blistering speeches of those around him albeit including Ann Atwater. I just felt that the friendship between these two Star-crossed souls played by two remarkable actors, would've been more entertaining to watch than just another civil rights film. But it was a good story it just wasn't the story I was expecting.