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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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
Susanna Styron
Director
Bridget Terry
Writer
Susanna Styron
Writer
Jonathan Demme
Executive Producer
Danny Dimbort
Executive Producer
Elie Samaha
Executive Producer
Trevor Short
Executive Producer
Avi Lerner
Executive Producer
Steven Shareshian
Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson
Producer
John Thompson
Producer
Bridget Terry
Producer
Hiro Narita
Director of Photography
Van Dyke Parks
Original Music Composer
Colleen Sharp
Editor
