TMDb Rating
5.7/10
18 verified votes
Shadrach (1998)
Drama
88 min
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
DramaSusanna StyronHarvey KeitelAndie MacDowell1998
Director
Susanna Styron
Top Cast
Harvey KeitelAndie MacDowellMartin SheenJohn Franklin SawyerScott Terra
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