Shadrach 1998

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PG-13
Drama

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.

Release Date 1998-09-23
Runtime 1h 28m
Directors Susanna Styron, Hiro Narita
Producers Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Jonathan Demme, Steven Shareshian, Bridget Terry, John Thompson, Boaz Davidson, Elie Samaha, Avi Lerner, Ric Rondell
Writers William Styron, Bridget Terry, Susanna Styron