Shadrach

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Drama

Overview

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.

Keywords

slavery
woman director
virginia
racial segregation
slave

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 23, 1998
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures,Millennium Media,Nu Image,Tidewater Pictures Inc.
Cast: Alice Rogers,Edward Bunker,Richard K. Olsen,Walter Hand,Michael Ruff,Daniel Treat,John Franklin Sawyer,Harvey Keitel,Doug Chancey,Erin Underwoodand 9 more
Director: Susanna Styron
Writer: Bridget Terry,Susanna Styron,William Styron
Producer: Bridget Terry,Danny Dimbort,Steven Shareshian,Jonathan Demme,Trevor Short,Boaz Davidson,John Thompson,Elie Samaha,Avi Lerner
Cinematography: Hiro Narita
Music: Van Dyke Parks
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: $20,167
IMDb: tt0144604