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.
Directed by
Susanna Styron
Written by
Bridget Terry, Susanna Styron
Harvey Keitel
Vernon
Andie MacDowell
Trixie
Martin Sheen
Narrator (voice)
Muse Watson
Captain
Edward Bunker
Joe Thorton
Darrell Larson
Father
Deborah Hedwall
Mother
Scott Terra
Paul
Richard K. Olsen
Seddon Washington
Monica Hewes
Edmonia
Jonathan Parks Jordan
Middle Mole
Erin Underwood
Lucinda
Michael Ruff
Smut
John Franklin Sawyer
Shadrach
Ginnie Randall
Virginia
Daniel Treat
Little Mole
Alice Rogers
Cloris
Doug Chancey
Dock Worker
Walter Hand
Preacher

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