Shadrach

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Harvey Keitel

Vernon

Andie MacDowell

Trixie

Martin Sheen

Narrator (voice)

John Franklin Sawyer

Shadrach

Scott Terra

Paul

Ginnie Randall

Virginia

Darrell Larson

Father

Deborah Hedwall

Mother

Daniel Treat

Little Mole

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Middle Mole

Erin Underwood

Lucinda

Muse Watson

Captain

Alice Rogers

Cloris

Monica Hewes

Edmonia

Michael Ruff

Smut

Doug Chancey

Dock Worker

Edward Bunker

Joe Thorton

Richard K. Olsen

Seddon Washington

Walter Hand

Preacher