Andrew Heckler's 'Burden,' a film about a former Klansman who learns racial tolerance after falling in love, is based on a 1996 news story. The director explains why it took so long for the film to reach theaters.
Garrett Hedlund stars in “Burden” as a South Carolina man who turns to an African American preacher for help leaving his racist past behind.
The film — which stars Garrett Hedlund and Andrea Riseborough as Mike and Judy Burden, Forest Whitaker as the Rev. Kennedy and Usher Raymond as Clarence Brooks, Mike’s childhood friend — found financing and premiered as a sales title at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. While there were significant sales out of Sundance that year , the festival’s dramatic competition did produce fewer splashy sales titles than usual. “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” which won the competition’s jury prize, also struggled to find a buyer. It ultimately landed at FilmRise, was released in the summer of 2018 and made under $1 million in U.S. theaters.
Though the movie touches on themes of racial solidarity and intolerance, ultimately the story is about the healing potential of love, Brenner says.
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