Shadrach (1998)
19981h 28mPG-13Drama
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.
Cast
Harvey KeitelVernon
Andie MacDowellTrixie
Martin SheenNarrator (voice)- JJohn Franklin SawyerShadrach
Scott TerraPaul- GGinnie RandallVirginia
Darrell LarsonFather
Deborah HedwallMother- DDaniel TreatLittle Mole
Jonathan Parks JordanMiddle Mole
Erin UnderwoodLucinda
Muse WatsonCaptain- AAlice RogersCloris
Monica HewesEdmonia
Michael RuffSmut- DDoug ChanceyDock Worker
Edward BunkerJoe Thorton
Richard K. OlsenSeddon Washington
Crew
- Director
- Susanna Styron
- Writers
- Bridget TerrySusanna Styron
- Music
- Van Dyke Parks
- Cinematography
- Hiro Narita
- Editing
- Colleen Sharp
Details
- Released
- September 23, 1998
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Nu Image, Tidewater Pictures Inc., Millennium Media
- IMDb
- tt0144604