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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.
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- Drama
- Susanna Styron
- 1998-09-23
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.
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A middle-class child observes a poor family's (Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell) life and a former slave's (John Franklin Sawyer) request in 1935 Virginia.
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- Susanna Styron
- PG-13
- Harvey Keitel
Sep 23, 1998 · 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.
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The events of "Shadrach," which unfold in the Tidewater country of Virginia in 1935, are seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Paul Whitehurst (Scott Terra), a clean-cut, well-brought-up only...
