Burden
Siding with the angels can seem like a snap in films, but 'Burden' has the grace to show how difficult and wrenching a choice that can be.
Burden
Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (The Butler, Black Panther) and Garrett Hedlund (Mudbound) star in a powerful and timely true story of faith and love overcoming hate. Set in a small South Carolina town scarred by deep-rooted racism in the mid-nineties, an unlikely friendship forms when an African American Reverend (Whitaker) shelters Mike Burden (Hedlund) a KKK member, along with his girlfriend Judy, a single mother played by Andrea Riseborough. Through his faith and love, Reverend Kennedy helps Mike leave his violent past in the Klan ultimately helping to heal the community. From Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Robbie Brenner (Dallas Buyers Club) and writer-director Andrew Heckler, BURDEN features incredible performances by Whitaker, Hedlund, Riseborough, Tom Wilkinson, Tess Harper, Crystal Fox and Usher Raymond.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
117
Language
English
Director
Andrew Heckler
Writer(s)
Andrew Heckler
Cast
Garrett Hedlund,
Forest Whitaker,
Andrea Riseborough,
Tom Wilkinson,
TESS HARPER,
Usher
FEATURED REVIEW
Kate Erbland, indieWire
If Mike Burden didn’t actually exist, and writer and director Andrew Heckler created a fictional character, it wouldn’t work. But as it happens, Mike Burden was a KKK member who left the Klan because of the love of a good woman, eventually aligning himself with an African-American minister he was ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 3.06.20 - 3.15.20
NoHo 7 3.13.20 - 3.15.20
Claremont 5 3.13.20 - 3.15.20
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