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Shadrach is a 1998 American film directed by Susanna Styron, based on a short story by her father William Styron, about a former slave's struggle to be buried where he chooses.
Sep 23, 1998 · 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.
Oct 16, 1998 · In "Shadrach,'' a 101-year-old former slave completes a long trek in order to return to the plantation where he was born and wants to be buried. In "Beloved,'' a mother kills her children rather than have them returned to the plantation from which she has escaped.
Shadrach. Watch Shadrach with a subscription on Prime Video. A middle-class child observes a poor family's (Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell) life and a former slave's (John Franklin Sawyer)...
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A former slave asks to be buried where he was born, but the land is owned by a new family. With Harvey Keitel.
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried where he was born into slavery - but that land is owned by Vernon (Harvey Keitel) and Trixie Dabney (Andie MacDowell), and to bury a black man on their property is a violation of strict Virginia law.
