Shadrach (1998)

6.0/10 88 min 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.

Cast

Harvey Keitel

Vernon

Andie MacDowell

Trixie

Martin Sheen

Narrator (voice)

Scott Terra

Paul

Darrell Larson

Father

Deborah Hedwall

Mother

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Middle Mole

Erin Underwood

Lucinda

Muse Watson

Captain

Monica Hewes

Edmonia

Michael Ruff

Smut

Edward Bunker

Joe Thorton

Richard K. Olsen

Seddon Washington

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