Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and, under her influence, quits the Klan and is taken in by an African American Reverend.
Acting
Whitaker's sermon scenes should be illegal they're so good.
Writing
Refuses easy redemption. Judy doesn't fix him; she sees him.
Production
The actual Redneck Shop location. They filmed where it happened.
Director
Andrew Heckler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Andrew Heckler spent 20 years trying to make this after stumbling on the real story in a 1996 New York Times article. The actual Redneck Shop finally closed in 2012, but the building still stands.
The film was shot in Clinton, SC, not Laurens, because the real location was too triggering for locals. Some residents of Laurens still defend the Klan's 'heritage' there today.
US
