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| Director: | Susanna Styron | 
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| Writer: | Susanna Styron, Bridget Terry | 
| Staring: | 
| 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: | Sep 23, 1998 | 
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| Director: | Susanna Styron | 
| Writer: | Susanna Styron, Bridget Terry | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | slavery, racial segregation, slave, virginia, woman director | 
| Production Companies | Nu Image, Millennium Media, Tidewater Pictures Inc. | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $20,167 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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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 | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Susanna Styron | Writer, Director | 
| Colleen Sharp | Editor | 
| Tracy Kilpatrick | Casting | 
| Prashant Gupta | Still Photographer | 
| Burton Rencher | Production Design | 
| Lexie Longstreet | Script Supervisor | 
| Ric Rondell | Line Producer | 
| Bridget Terry | Writer | 
| Hiro Narita | Director of Photography | 
| Van Dyke Parks | Original Music Composer | 
| William Styron | Short Story | 
| Dona Granata | Costume Design | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Danny Dimbort | Executive Producer | 
| Boaz Davidson | Producer | 
| Steven Shareshian | Executive Producer | 
| Trevor Short | Executive Producer | 
| John Thompson | Producer | 
| Bridget Terry | Producer | 
| Jonathan Demme | Executive Producer | 
| Avi Lerner | Executive Producer | 
| Elie Samaha | Executive Producer | 
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