Shadrach

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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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.

Cast

Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Vernon
Andie MacDowell
Andie MacDowell
Trixie
Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Narrator (voice)
John Franklin Sawyer
John Franklin Sawyer
Shadrach
Scott Terra
Scott Terra
Paul
Ginnie Randall
Ginnie Randall
Virginia
Darrell Larson
Darrell Larson
Father
Deborah Hedwall
Deborah Hedwall
Mother
Daniel Treat
Daniel Treat
Little Mole
Jonathan Parks Jordan
Jonathan Parks Jordan
Middle Mole
Erin Underwood
Erin Underwood
Lucinda
Muse Watson
Muse Watson
Captain

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