Remarkable Trailer for Heavy Emotional Drama BURDEN Tells True Story of Racial Divide in South Carolina 1996
We’ve got a trailer for a fantastic-looking film called Burden that takes place in South Carolina in 1996, and involves a small town that is dealing with citizens who are at odds due to race. A local Reverend of a predominantly black church, played by Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Black Panther), decides to reach out and help an ex-member of the KKK, played by Garrett Hedlund (Four Brothers, TRON: Legacy), who is homeless and trying to turn his life around.
Here’s the synopsis for the film:
Set in a small South Carolina town scarred from 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.
Burden also stars Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wilkinson, Tess Harper, Crystal Fox, and Usher Raymond, and was written and directed by first time writer/director Andrew Heckler. Check out the trailer below, and see Burden in theaters on February 28, 2020.