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Mar 6, 2020 · Published on March 6, 2020 03:04PM EST. Photo: Shayan Asgharnia. Mike Burden and Reverend David Kennedy's 24-year friendship had an unlikely beginning. When they first met in Laurens S.C., Burden ...
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Feb 28, 2020 · The first-time writer-director has been fighting to get his directorial debut, “Burden,” a redemption story about a Ku Klux Klan member who has a change of heart, onto the big screen since 1996,...
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The film follows Mike Burden, an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan who attempts to break away when the woman he falls in love with urges him to leave for a better life together. The Klan seeks Mike out for vengeance. A black Baptist church congregation, led by Reverend Kennedy, agrees to protect Mike, his girlfriend and her son. Cast
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- Dickon Hinchliffe
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The building was formerly owned by Michael Burden, who was himself a Grand Dragon in the Ku Klux Klan. However, Burden found himself impoverished after leaving the KKK. Burden then approached Kennedy and apologized for his racist past, agreeing to sell Kennedy the deed to the Redneck Shop with the provision that store owner, John Howard, would ...
Feb 2, 2020 · Forest Whitaker as the Rev. David Kennedy in the movie "Burden," which is based on the true story of Michael Burden's experience in the Ku Klux Klan in Laurens. Provided/Mark Hill Mark Hill/provided
Mar 5, 2020 · Movies. Why It Took 20 Years for a Reformed Ex-Klan Member’s Biopic to Reach Theaters. Andrew Heckler never wavered in his belief that the true-life redemption story of Mike Burden could have a...
- Todd Jorgenson
Oct 3, 2018 · Judy Burden, the Rev. David Kennedy, Mike Burden “I thought I was going to learn the history of the Klan, the positives,” Burden said. “But for every positive, there were 10 negatives.”
