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.
Directing | Susanna Styron | Director |
Sound | Van Dyke Parks | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Prashant Gupta | Still Photographer |
Directing | Lexie Longstreet | Script Supervisor |
Editing | Colleen Sharp | Editor |
Writing | William Styron | Short Story |
Production | Tracy Kilpatrick | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Dona Granata | Costume Design |
Art | Burton Rencher | Production Design |
Camera | Hiro Narita | Director of Photography |
Production | Danny Dimbort | Executive Producer |
Production | Trevor Short | Executive Producer |
Production | Jonathan Demme | Executive Producer |
Production | Steven Shareshian | Executive Producer |
Production | Bridget Terry | Producer |
Production | John Thompson | Producer |
Production | Boaz Davidson | Producer |
Production | Elie Samaha | Executive Producer |
Production | Avi Lerner | Executive Producer |
Production | Ric Rondell | Line Producer |
Writing | Susanna Styron | Writer |
Writing | Bridget Terry | Writer |