Dave Maldonado

As legal dramas go, we rarely see an African-American actor in the lead role. "The Burial" has several.

Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.

The quiet ache of guilt sitting at the dinner table, the silence after a truth is buried, and the way pain is passed down like a name.

Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.