Is The Best of Enemies Problematic? Yes. How Problematic? The Most.
by Elinor JonesThere is just so much wrong with this movie, it's hard to know where to start. STX
Oof. Where to begin?The Best of Enemies is based on events that took place during the summer of 1971 in Durham, North Carolina. (The film's marketing copy describes it as “the racially charged summer of 1971,” like it was the only one—nothing racially charged around here anymore!) Durham held a 10-day community forum on school integration, co-chaired by opposing town leaders: Black
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