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23/09/1998 Drama 1h 28m
60
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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.

  1. Susanna Styron

    Director, Writer

  2. Bridget Terry

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Harvey Keitel

    Vernon

  2. Andie MacDowell

    Trixie

  3. Martin Sheen

    Narrator (voice)

  4. John Franklin Sawyer

    Shadrach

  5. Scott Terra

    Paul

  6. Ginnie Randall

    Virginia

  7. Darrell Larson

    Father

  8. Deborah Hedwall

    Mother

  9. Daniel Treat

    Little Mole

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$20,167.00

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