Shadrach (1998)
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 WashingtonRecommendations
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