Synopsis
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.
Technical team
Susanna Styron Directing
Susanna Styron Writing
Bridget Terry Writing
Van Dyke Parks Music
Boaz Davidson Producing
Bridget Terry Producing
John Thompson Producing
Elie Samaha Executive Producing
Jonathan Demme Executive Producing
Avi Lerner Executive Producing
Steven Shareshian Executive Producing
Danny Dimbort Executive Producing
Trevor Short Executive Producing
Production
Nu Image
Tidewater Pictures Inc.
Millennium Media
$20,167