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.
Shadrach has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Shadrach (1998)
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Shadrach was released in 1998 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving Shadrach (1998) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 20%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Shadrach a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 62%, Shadrach is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Armageddon, Wild Things and Lethal Weapon 4.
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