Summary In 1935, ninety-nine-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. View more details
Directed : Susanna Styron
Written : Susanna Styron Bridget Terry William Styron
Stars : Martin Sheen Scott Terra John Franklin Sawyer Ginnie Randall
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 22, 1998
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Production companies : Millennium Films Tidewater Pictures Inc.
Summary In 1935, ninety-nine-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. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 22, 1998
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Production companies : Millennium Films Tidewater Pictures Inc.
