In 1971 C.P. Ellis (Sam Rockwell-ignore the pierced ear) was the president of the Klan in Durham, N.C. He blocked everything the black community was attempting to accomplish with the help of a white town council. Ann Atwater (Taraji P. Henson and not Octavia Spencer) is a leader of the black community struggling to survive. A school fire forces the issue of school integration on the community. Bill Riddick (Babou Ceesay) is called in to have a charrette, a form of arbitration, to decide the issue. People on the opposite side of the issue are forced together to come to a conclusion.

The word "Committee" is misspelled. Perhaps by design. In Augusta, Ga. the city council still says "edumacation" instead of education.

The film was well acted and the script was well written. I was confused (and still confused) as to why this had to happen. All schools were forced to integrate from the 1955 ruling so it was inevitable. A win for the segregationists would have just have been a delay. This was never mentioned. What is interesting is that the phrase "Know your enemy." The Klan admitted they knew nothing about black people. It was Ann's knowledge of C.P. Chase's family that gave her the upper hand. Heartwarming, inspirational, and timely.

Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

I don't know if I live long enough to see certain things change. Or evolve to a degree where movies like this one seem far removed from reality. While some may think, come on it isn't even close to that right now - and they may be right for most of America ... there still is an underlying and even worse, some systemic racism left - the previous administration was more than a perfect example for that backwards kind of thinking.

But away from current day politics and back to what this real life story is telling us. To think that someone thought it would be a good idea to put a Klan leader and an (colored) activist together ... may sound like a far stretch. But the movie makes you buy it. It's trying to appease both sides while not really moving forward much ... or will that happen? Because progress cannot be stopped and all that ... I'd say the movie is predictable, but still quite well done to say the least.

Racism and discrimination exist all over the world. And maybe you are not into watching a movie that has this highlighted - it's your right to chose whatever movie you want to watch. Just try not to be a cynic about it (I know I tend to go that way as defense mechanism, so things that are obviously wrong do not affect me as much ... but they still exist, whether I see them and acknowledge them or not ...)

A moving and true story brilliantly brought to light by Rockwell and Henson. The characters are well cast and well acted, the leads have great chemistry, and the story is moving. It hits some deep topics in an easy to handle way and ends on a hopeful note, which I appreciate. Love seeing the real people at the end.