Film

Shadrach

1998 · 1h 28m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

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.

Harvey Keitel

Vernon

Andie MacDowell

Trixie

Martin Sheen

Narrator (voice)

John Franklin Sawyer

Shadrach

Scott Terra

Paul

Ginnie Randall

Virginia

Darrell Larson

Father

Deborah Hedwall

Mother

Daniel Treat

Little Mole

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Middle Mole

Erin Underwood

Lucinda

Muse Watson

Captain

Alice Rogers

Cloris

Monica Hewes

Edmonia

Michael Ruff

Smut

Doug Chancey

Dock Worker

• Susanna StyronDirector · Writer
• Bridget TerryWriter · Producer
• Boaz DavidsonProducer
• John ThompsonProducer
• Jonathan DemmeExecutive Producer
• Danny DimbortExecutive Producer
• Avi LernerExecutive Producer
• Elie SamahaExecutive Producer
• Steven ShareshianExecutive Producer
• Trevor ShortExecutive Producer

Release date

September 23, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$20,167

Genres

Drama

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