From action to faith Orphan Mike Bearden grew up under the patronage of Ku Klux Klan members. The hero falls in love with the girl and decides to leave the community. Former associates intend to take revenge on Mike, but Reverend Kennedy, who heads a congregation of African Americans, takes the guy, his girlfriend and her son under his protection.
The film is based on real events. 1996, South Carolina, small town of Lawrence. Outback, "one-story white America." Mike Birden recently returned from the army and works for a “rental company” with his acquaintances, who are also supporters of the Ku Klux Klan organization – turning an old movie theater into a store and selling their “attribute”. Meanwhile, in the local church, African-Americans sing songs and say no to fear, Pastor Kennedy preaches more than 150 years of injustice on the plantation, and members of the Ku Klux Klan stage their nightly ceremonies with fire and the burning of a cross. Birden, who remains a clan supporter ("I said I knew him, but I didn't eat with him!") becomes the leader of the clan, and his partners "defeat" from the car on passing African-American women. After another house for work "rental company" he falls in love with a girl, and love - unexpectedly leads to a revaluation of "values".
Director and screenwriter Andrew Heckler creates a clear and sound drama about race relations in the United States. The creators have a goal - to make a social drama and they do it brilliantly: in the spirit of films: "The Fighter" (David O. Russell) and "Dallas Buyers Club" (Jean-Marc Valle).
A drama about a hero who knows how to say “no”, with general misunderstanding, and the moral “dillema” of all the characters. The film involves beautiful and strong actors: Garrett Hadlund (in this film shows himself as a strong, dramatic actor and uses the “way” of Christian Bale), Andrea Riseborough and Forrest Whittaker. Against the background of "lifetime periphery" in the life of the hero and the local society, there is a beautiful love of two ordinary people who have lost everything in this life, and start with a clean slate. From action to faith. Wild animals will eventually be able to pay attention to you.