garrett hedlund plays mike burden, a klansman who espouses their racist beliefs, but things change whenndrea riseborough. he ended up falling in love with a single mother named judy that made him have to face a decision to stay in love or stay in the clan. and then he also meets a reverend played by forest whitaker, who shows him an immense amount of hospitality and warmth and takes him in and it becomes a redemption story and a story about love and acceptance and accepting who you are in the midst of a very sort of kind of chaotic scenario. the african—american minister who takes him under his wing has a history of organising against the klan. he extends himself to mike burden because he believes he has to practice what he preaches. mike is a test for the reverend, a test of all the things he has ever believed in. we get a chance to see him go through that, we get a chance to see him say, to his son, if i don't do this, i will never be able to preach again. if i don't try to commit, try to find a solution and believe that love is the answer, i will never be able to live by what i belie