Exclusive: KKK drama 'Burden' – starring Garrett Hedlund – lands at David Glasser's 101 Studios
, Andrew Heckler’s Southern, 1990s-set drama that stars Garrett Hedlund as a Ku Klux Klan member who has a change of heart.portrays KKK member Mike Burden, played by Hedlund, who opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, South Carolina, only to fall in love with a single mother and quit the Klan and be instead taken in by an African American Baptist pastor, played by Forest Whitaker.
The ensemble cast includes Usher and Tom Wilkinson playing a Klan leader. A limited launch is planned for Nov. 1, with a continued rollout through the rest of the month.is more timely than ever. Now in a time when the world has become so polarized and divided by ethnicity, race and religion,can deliver a powerful message of how extremes can join together to overcome and resolve our differences and hatred through love and tolerance," director Heckler said in a statement.
The film, which is executive produced by Scooter Braun, won audience awards at Sundance, where it debuted in 2018, and the Nantucket Film Festival.David Glasser, David Hutkin, and James Allen negotiated the distribution deal for 101 Studios, and Maren Olson from CAA brokered the deal for the filmmakers.
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