Shadrach

Susanna Styron made her feature directorial debut with this family drama, an adaptation of a 1978 short story by her father, novelist William Styron (Sophie's Choice). Paul Whitehurst (voice of Martin Sheen) recalls Depression-era events in Tidewater, Virginia, when he was ten years old. In the ...more

Shadrach is one of those quiet little stories that would never have caught enough attention to get filmed -- if it weren't made possible by a daughter paying homage to her father. There isn't much plot to William Styron's short story: a 99-year-old former slave makes a pilgrimage to his birthplace in order to die there, and the descendants of his former owners must figure out how to honor him. It's simple, but never corny, as writer-director Susanna Styron ensures that her father's writing gets ...more