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.
Release Date: 23 September 1998Runtime: 89 min
Stars:
- Alice Rogers
- Andie MacDowell
- Daniel Treat
- Darrell Larson
- Deborah Hedwall
- Doug Chancey
- Erin Underwood
- Ginnie Randall
- John Franklin Sawyer
- Jonathan Parks Jordan
- Martin Sheen
- Michael Ruff
- Monica Hewes
- Muse Watson
- Scott Terra
Director: Susanna Styron
