Five movies set in North Carolina to watch on New Year s Eve
New Year’s Eve might look different this year, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has managed to cancel more plans than a mom on a school night. So, no plans? No problem. Here’s a list of movies that are set in North Carolina and great to watch while bringing in the new year.
The Best of Enemies (2019)
With both Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell leading the cast, Director Robin Bissell was able to bring Osha Gray Davidson s book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South, to life in this drama. This film is not only set in Durham, N.C. but it s inspired by true events, according to IMDB. The story surrounds outspoken civil rights activist Ann Atwater, and the unlikely relationship she forms with C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader. What started as a face-off over the issue of school integration, turned into something much bigger. The Best of Enemies is now streaming on Hulu, Sling TV
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When done right, racing movies can capture the tension, determination, technical expertise, and excitement of motorsports competition in a way few other media representations can match. Get that mix wrong, however, and you end up with a confusing mish-mash of standard silver-screen tropes played out by screenwriters and directors with only a passing familiarity with the sport.
Then there’s the truly bizarre stuff. Racing movies both good and bad have more than their share of strange scenes that either hit too hard, go too far, or simply come across as too absurd for the cinematic universe that’s been constructed around them.