Drama · United States of America · 1998 · 1h 28m

Shadrach

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Director
Susanna Styron
Cast
Harvey Keitel as Vernon Andie MacDowell as Trixie Martin Sheen as Narrator (voice) John Franklin Sawyer as Shadrach Scott Terra as Paul Ginnie Randall as Virginia
Crew
Hiro Narita — Director of Photography Colleen Sharp — Editor Van Dyke Parks — Original Music Composer Susanna Styron — Writer Bridget Terry — Writer Boaz Davidson — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
slaveryracial segregationslavevirginiawoman director
Key Collaborators
Susanna Styron Director Hiro Narita Director of Photography Colleen Sharp Editor Van Dyke Parks Original Music Composer Susanna Styron Writer Bridget Terry Writer Boaz Davidson Producer Bridget Terry Producer John Thompson Producer Burton Rencher Production Design Dona Granata Costume Design
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