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Last modified: Jan. 27, 2020

Burden

Release Date: Friday, February 28, 2020 Limited

Director: Andrew Heckler

Starring: Garrett Hedlund Andrea Riseborough Forest Whitaker Tom Wilkinson Tess Harper

R Drama 2 hrs, 9 m

  • 4.4 / 5
84% 16%

Plot

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Plot
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 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.
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  • Based on a true story.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for disturbing violent content, and language throughout including racial epithets
Runtime
2 hrs, 9 m
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Language
English

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Release Dates

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Burden was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, February 28, 2020. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including The Invisible Man, All The Bright Places and Greed. As a limited release, Burden was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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