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.
Released: Sep 23, 1998
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell, Martin Sheen, John Franklin Sawyer, Scott Terra, Ginnie Randall
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)