◎ Translated name Best Enemy
◎片 名 The Best of Enemies
◎ Year 2019
◎Origin Usa
◎ Category Drama/Biography/History
◎ Language English
◎ Character screen Chinese and English subtitles
◎Release date 2019-04-05 (USA)
◎Douban score 7.1/10 from 128 users
◎IMDb rating 6.7/10 from 1981 users
◎ File size 1CD
◎Duration 133 minutes
◎ Director Robin Bissell
◎ Screenwriter Robin Bissell
Osha Gray Davidson
◎ Starring Taraghi P. Hansen
Sam Rockwell
Bab Sasai
Nick Cisse
Wes Bentley
Ann Haiche
Bruce McGill
John Gallach Jr
Nicholas Logan
◎Introduction
Durham, North Carolina, USA, 1971. With the rise of the black civil rights movement and the political turmoil brought about by the quagmire of the Vietnam War, racial discrimination in the southern states intensified!
Ellis is a standard "poor white" in the American South, running a small gas station, busy with work and a meager income. The only entertainment is to go to a cheap bar with friends after work for a beer.
Despite his poor life, Ellis has a special political identity, as he is the leader of the local Ku Klux Klan, an organization that emphasizes white supremacy, known for its brutal persecution of blacks and people of color, and a staunch defender of racism.
Since the United States passed the Electoral Rights Act in 1965 to end the apartheid system, Durham's black civil rights activist, single mother Ewart, has been fighting for social equality for black ethnic groups, and has fought with Ellis for a long time.
A black school was suddenly destroyed by fire, and the state government planned to divert black students to white schools for integration, which was opposed by whites, and both Ewart and Ellis stood up on behalf of their races and fought tit-for-tat to defend their rights.
However, although Ellis and Eiwat are politically incompatible, in real life, Ellis, who is affected by the family's financial difficulties, does not get the slightest help from the white side, but is regarded as an enemy of Eivod to help him in his most difficult time.
Eywater's instincts of kindness gradually softened Ellis's hostile attitude, and with the convening of bilateral meetings to resolve their differences, the two began to understand each other in the struggle and exchange, and Ellis eventually quit the Ku Klux Klan, joined the torrent of the civil rights movement, and became a good friend of Evot's life...
"Film and Television 21st Century" Review:
A very good live-action story movie! Repay grievances with virtue, turn enemies into friends, love your enemies, and your arrogance is not general magnanimity! The city where the film takes place in Durham, where racism has always been rampant, is home to the famous American university "Duke University", and in 2019 there was a racial discrimination incident that banned Chinese students on campus from saying Chinese.
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