Burden with Director Andrew Heckler and Reinaldo Marcus Green (Ep. 280)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Director Andrew Heckler discusses his new film, Burden, with fellow director Reinaldo Marcus Green in a spoiler-filled virtual Q&A.The film tells the true story an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan, who eventually becomes a local Grand Dragon. After his girlfriend persuades him to leave, the Klan seeks him out for vengeance, and a black congregation led by a benevolent reverend take him and his family in.

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0:00.0	I think that one of the biggest jobs, especially on a movie where it's the acting performances
0:05.5	are the stars, that you become much more of a therapist, a psychiatrist, to figure out,
0:12.9	how am I going to make all these people with their different acting styles and different
0:16.4	personalities? How am I going to make them into a cohesive team that's working together?
0:23.6	Hello, and welcome back to the director's head, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:28.8	Today's episode takes us behind the scenes of director Andrew Heckler's new drama, Burden.
0:33.7	The film tells the true story of an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan, who eventually becomes
0:38.3	a local Grand Dragon.
0:40.6	After his girlfriend persuades him to leave, the clan seeks him out for vengeance, and a black
0:44.7	congregation led by a benevolent reverend take him and his family in.
0:49.2	Burden is Mr. Heckler's directorial debut.
0:53.1	Mr. Heckler recently spoke with director
0:54.7	Rinaldo Marcus Green about filming burden
0:57.1	in front of a virtual audience.
0:59.3	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:03.7	Hi there, so I'm here with
1:05.4	writer-director Andrew Heckler
1:08.4	and his amazing film Burden.
1:11.6	Andrew, thank you so much for making this film.
1:14.6	I was able to watch it and honestly I was blown away by it,
1:18.6	filmmaker to filmmaker. No BS.
1:21.6	It's a really incredible film and for it to be your first film
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