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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.4/10 | |
Released: | September 23, 1998 | |
Runtime: | 88 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | Millennium Films Tidewater Pictures Inc. Nu Image Tidewater Pictures Inc. Millennium Films | |
Cast: | Martin Sheen Scott Terra John Franklin Sawyer Ginnie Randall | |
Crew: | Susanna Styron William Styron Bridget Terry | |
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