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.
Director: Susanna Styron
Writer: Bridget Terry, Susanna Styron
Director of Photography: Hiro Narita
Producer: Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Bridget Terry
Vernon
Trixie
Narrator (voice)
Shadrach
Paul
Virginia
Father
Mother
Shadrach Trailer 1998