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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Showing 19 of 19 loaded cast members.
as Vernon
AliveBorn: May 13, 1939
Age: 87
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
as Trixie
AliveBorn: April 21, 1958
Age: 68
Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
as Narrator (voice)
AliveBorn: August 3, 1940
Age: 86
Dayton, Ohio, USA
as Shadrach
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Paul
AliveBorn: June 25, 1987
Age: 39
Connecticut, USA
as Virginia
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Father
AliveBorn: December 13, 1950
Age: 75
Tracy, California, USA
as Mother
AliveBorn: March 14, 1952
Age: 74
Nyack, New York, USA
as Little Mole
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Middle Mole
AliveBirth date not on record.
South Carolina, USA
as Lucinda
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Captain
AliveBorn: July 20, 1948
Age: 78
Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
as Cloris
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Edmonia
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Smut
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Dock Worker
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Joe Thorton
DeceasedBorn: December 31, 1933
Died: July 19, 2005
Age at death: 71
as Seddon Washington
DeceasedBorn: November 16, 1931
Died: April 28, 2007
Age at death: 75
as Preacher
AliveBirth date not on record.