Shadrach (1998)
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
- Date of release
- 1998-09-23
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Susanna Styron
Casting
- Harvey Keitel — Vernon
- Andie MacDowell — Trixie
- Martin Sheen — Narrator (voice)
- John Franklin Sawyer — Shadrach
- Scott Terra — Paul
- Ginnie Randall — Virginia
- Darrell Larson — Father
- Deborah Hedwall — Mother
- Daniel Treat — Little Mole
- Jonathan Parks Jordan — Middle Mole
- Erin Underwood — Lucinda
- Muse Watson — Captain
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: North Carolina
Shadrach is a 1998 American film directed by Susanna Styron, based on a short story by her father William Styron, about a former slave's struggle to be buried where he chooses.
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