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1998·PG-13

Shadrach

Drama1h 28m

🍅50%

🍅

50%

Tomatometer

🍿

62%

Popcornmeter

6.0

TMDB

Storyline

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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Details

DirectorSusanna Styron

ReleasedSep 23, 1998

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

$20.2K

Parental guidePG-13US

Studios

Nu ImageTidewater Pictures Inc.

Millennium Media

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Vernon

Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

Trixie

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Narrator (voice)

John Franklin Sawyer

Shadrach

Scott Terra

Scott Terra

Paul

Ginnie Randall

Virginia

Darrell Larson

Darrell Larson

Father

Deborah Hedwall

Deborah Hedwall

Mother

Daniel Treat

Little Mole

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Middle Mole

Erin Underwood

Erin Underwood

Lucinda

Muse Watson

Muse Watson

Captain

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Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

2 fresh · 1 rotten

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Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

Shadrach is another one of those well-meaning films, like Amistad, in which slaves are the supporting characters in their own stories.

D

Donald J. Levit

RTReelTalk Movie ReviewsSep 28, 2009

A vignette, really, a couple of days in a boy%u06E5s life recollected in tranquillity.

M

Mary Ann Brussat

RTSpirituality & PracticeMar 3, 2002

A heart-affecting drama about a youngster who learns that we must give each death that enters our life the attention it deserves.

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Information

Title

Shadrach

Released

Sep 23, 1998

Rated

PG-13

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Status

Released

Studios

Nu Image, Tidewater Pictures Inc.

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