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Burden

film by Heckler [2018]

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Usher
Acting career
…portrayed Sugar Ray Leonard, and Burden (2018), based on a true story about a Black minister (played by Forest Whitaker) who befriends a member of the Ku Klux Klan (Garrett Hedlund) and causes him to confront his racist past. In the film, Usher played the childhood friend of the reformed…
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…portrayed Sugar Ray Leonard, and Burden (2018), based on a true story about a Black minister (played by Forest Whitaker) who befriends a member of the Ku Klux Klan (Garrett Hedlund) and causes him to confront his racist past. In the film, Usher played the childhood friend of the reformed…
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Forest Whitaker
…Sorry to Bother You, and Burden. He then took a starring role in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019– ), portraying 1960s crime boss Bumpy Johnson. In 2021 Whitaker was cast as the father of legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect.
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…Sorry to Bother You, and Burden. He then took a starring role in the TV series Godfather of Harlem (2019– ), portraying 1960s crime boss Bumpy Johnson. In 2021 Whitaker was cast as the father of legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect.
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