{"id":7956,"date":"2019-04-05T05:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7956"},"modified":"2019-04-05T05:45:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:45:23","slug":"7956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2019\/04\/7956.html","title":{"rendered":"Is &#8220;Best of Enemies&#8221; the &#8220;Green Book&#8221; of 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best of Enemies<\/em> is a wonderfully humane testament to the power of determination and kindness to change human hearts. <\/strong>I had the opportunity to attend a screening for the film starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell as, respectively, a civil rights activist and a Ku Klux Klan leader pushed to co-chair a citizen committee tasked with voting on a pressing school integration issue in 1971 Durham, North Carolina, in 1971. What sounds like a Saturday Night Live send-up of the whole <em>Green Book<\/em> genre turns out to be a very film. Both Henson and Rockwell nail their roles and, with the help of a strong script, somehow make a potential <em>Odd Couple<\/em> parody (Can a black activist and leader of the Ku Klux Klan share a committee without driving each other crazy?) totally believable. You will believe that a man can have his heart changed and that two people who start out with two incompatible world views can become friends. The fact that it&#8217;s a true story helps. <strong>Highly recommended.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Best Of Enemies | &quot;Make A Connection&quot; Featurette | Own It Now on Digital HD, Blu-Ray &amp; DVD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xtHk903FQvU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest dispatch from the crossroads of faith and media: Best of Enemies is a wonderfully humane testament to the power of determination and kindness to change human hearts. I had the opportunity to attend a screening for the film starring Taraji P. 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