Shadrach
First aired on Sep 23, 1998
Runtime: 88mins
60%
Genres: 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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Harvey Keitel | Vernon
Andie MacDowell | Trixie
Martin Sheen | Narrator (voice)
John Franklin Sawyer | Shadrach
Scott Terra | Paul
Ginnie Randall | Virginia
Featured Crew
Susanna Styron | Director
Susanna Styron | Writer
Bridget Terry | Writer
Hiro Narita | Director of Photography
Van Dyke Parks | Original Music Composer
William Styron | Short Story
